A new species for a bromeliad phytotelm-dwelling Tanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 617-622

  Cranston, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guzmania; Puerto Rico; Tanytarsus bromeliad

Indexed keywords

INSECT; LARVA; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PUPA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

BROMELIACEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; GUZMANIA; HEXAPODA; MONOPELOPIA; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI; TANYTARSUS; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 34648840226     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[617:ANSFAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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