Monopelopia caraguata (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae: Pentaneurini) and Phytotelmatocladius delarosai (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae): Two phytotelmatous chironomids distributed from Florida to Argentina

Authors

  • Augusto Siri ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET-CCT-La Plata / UNLP (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Bv. 120 y 62, La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Mariano Donato ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET-CCT-La Plata / UNLP (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Bv. 120 y 62, La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords:

Apiaceae, Bromeliaceae, Catopsis, Eryngium, Hohenbergia, Tillandsia, parthenogenesis

Abstract

The geographic distribution of the 2 phytotelmatous chironomids Monopelopia caraguata and Phytotelmatocladius delarosai is found to extend southward into Argentina, and the occurrence of parthenogenesis in the latter species is corroborated under laboratory conditions.

 

Se extiende la distribución geográfica de las especies fitotelmáticas Monopelopia caraguata y Phytotelmatocladius delarosai hacia el sur en Argentina, y se corrobora bajo condiciones de laboratorio la ocurrencia de partenogénesis en esta última especie.

 

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Vol. 97, No. 3 (September 2014)

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Scientific Notes

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