New Genera and Species of West Indian Chironomidae (Diptera)
Abstract
The following new genera and species of chironomid midges are described from the West Indies: Petalocladius new genus, type species P. setosus new species from Jamaica. Ancylocladius new genus, type species A. relicinus new species from Jamaica. Xestochironomus new name (for Insulanus Sublette, 1967, preoccupied by Insulanus Fleutiaux, 1930), type species Chironomus furcatus Johannsen, with the following new species: X. comptus from Jamaica and Panama; X. dominicanus from Dominica; X. flinti from Dominica; X. hobbsi from Dominica and Jamaica; X. luteifurcatus from Dominica; and X. nebulosus from Puerto Rico. Stenochironomus leptopus (Kieffer) is recorded from Dominica.Downloads
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