Abstract
A new species of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988, D. oliveirai, is described and illustrated based on male and female characteristics. The specimens were collected in Rondônia and Pará states, northern Brazil.
Highlights
Downeshela oliveirai, uma nova espécie neotropical de ceratopogonídeo predador para a região norte do Brasil
WIRTH & GROGAN (1988) in their revision of the predaceous midges of the world placed the species of the Monohelea multilineata group in a new genus, Downeshelea, which includes 30 neotropical species
Six of them were originally described from Brazil and only two, D. cebacoi (Lane & Wirth, 1964) and D. guianae (Wirth, 1953), are reported from northern Brazil
Summary
Downeshela oliveirai, uma nova espécie neotropical de ceratopogonídeo predador para a região norte do Brasil. Downeshelea, Região neotropical, Rondônia, Pará, espécie nova. Material from light trap collections from Rondônia and Pará states included an undescribed species of Downeshelea that we describe .
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