New species of Chironomus meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1504, 2007, Pages 53-68

  Da Silva Correia, Leny Célia ^a   Trivinho Strixino, Susana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Chironomus; Neotropical; New species

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34250819347     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1504.1.2     Document Type: Article

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