Description of three new species of frog–biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae) from the Central Brazilian Amazon

  • Jessica Feijó Almeida Laboratório de Ecologia e Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane – Fiocruz Amazônia. Rua Terezina, nº 476, Adrianópolis, CEP: 69057-070 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7288-9799
  • Amanda Maria Picelli Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia. Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Avenida General Rodrigo Octavio Jordão Ramos, nº 1200, Coroado I, CEP: 69067-005 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7543-168X
  • Adriane Costa Ramires Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Avenida General Rodrigo Octavio Jordão Ramos, nº 1200, Coroado I, CEP: 69067-005 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-614X
  • Heliana Christy Matos Belchior Laboratório de Ecologia e Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane – Fiocruz Amazônia. Rua Terezina, nº 476, Adrianópolis, CEP: 69057-070 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-0989
  • Eric Fabrício Marialva Laboratório de Ecologia e Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane – Fiocruz Amazônia. Rua Terezina, nº 476, Adrianópolis, CEP: 69057-070 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2193-4318
  • Hannah Inêz Monteiro Moreira Lima Laboratório de Ecologia e Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane – Fiocruz Amazônia. Rua Terezina, nº 476, Adrianópolis, CEP: 69057-070 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-1934
  • Claudia María Ríos-Velásquez Laboratório de Ecologia e Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane – Fiocruz Amazônia. Rua Terezina, nº 476, Adrianópolis, CEP: 69057-070 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2684-2981
  • Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa Laboratório de Ecologia e Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane – Fiocruz Amazônia. Rua Terezina, nº 476, Adrianópolis, CEP: 69057-070 – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-1887
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1577
Keywords: Culicomorpha, taxonomy, hematophagous dipterans, Neotropical region

Abstract

Three species of Corethrella Coquillett, 1902 from the state of Amazonas, Brazil are described as new to science based on female adult specimens. Corethrella cabocla Feijó, Belchior, Marialva & Pessoa sp. nov. possesses four large setae on the frons between the ventromedial area of ommatidia, a wide clypeus with 1–4 setae, a wing with the apex of R2 basal to the apex of M2 and with a midlength band, and with the abdomen entirely dark brown. Corethrella ielemdei Feijó, Ramires, Lima & Pessoa sp. nov. possesses an elongated coronal suture, four large setae on the frons between the ventromedial area of ommatidia, a clypeus squarish with 42–43 setae, a wing with the apex of R2 basal to the apex of M1 and with a midlength band and dark scales on the basal and subbasal areas of the anterior margin, legs with dark scales, and with the abdomen entirely dark brown. Corethrella menini Feijó, Picelli, Ríos-Velásquez & Pessoa sp. nov. possesses wings with the apex of R2 basal to the apex of M2 and a midlength band, with darker basal scales along all veins, basal band dark scales on C, Sc, R, M, and Cu and the abdomen entirely dark brown. With the addition of the new species, the numbers of frog-biting midges described in the Amazon basin, Brazil and in Neotropical region are now 31, 49 and 80 species, respectively.

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Published
2021-11-23
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Feijó Almeida, J., Maria Picelli, A., Costa Ramires, A., Matos Belchior, H. C., Marialva, E. F., Monteiro Moreira Lima, H. I., Ríos-Velásquez, C. M., & Costa Pessoa, F. A. (2021). Description of three new species of frog–biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae) from the Central Brazilian Amazon. European Journal of Taxonomy, 778(1), 148-166. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1577
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Copyright (c) 2021 Jessica FEIJÓ ALMEIDA, Amanda MARIA PICELLI, Adriane COSTA RAMIRES, Heliana Christy MATOS BELCHIOR, Eric Fabrício MARIALVA, Hannah Inêz MONTEIRO MOREIRA LIMA, Claudia María RÍOS-VELÁSQUEZ, Felipe Arley COSTA PESSOA

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