Dasyhelea paulistana Forattini and Rabello

Torreias, S. R. S., Ferreira-Keppler, R. L. & Ronderos, M. M., 2013, Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) present in aquatic macrophytes from wetlands of Marchantaria Island, Iranduba, Central Amazonia, Brazil, Journal of Natural History 48 (1 - 2), pp. 109-122 : 113

Dasyhelea paulistana Forattini and Rabello

Dasyhelea paulistana Forattini and Rabello, 1957: 245 (pupa and female; Brazil); Borkent and Spinelli, 2007: 61 (in Neotropical catalogue); Borkent, 2012: 68 (online catalogue).

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, São Paulo).

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Grande, S. auriculata , 17 May 2011, Torreias and Ferreira-Keppler, 2 males and 2 females (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuvia), 2 pupas (males, preserved in ethanol 70%) .

Comments

A cosmopolitan genus with approximately 440 known species, which biology reveals to be highly adapted to many aquatic and semi-aquatic environments ( Waugh and Wirth 1976): from phytotelmata to puddles, pits, bryophytes, ponds and artificial environments ( Ronderos et al. 2003). In the present study, D. paulistana was collected in S. auriculata corroborating Borkent and Craig (2001), who mention the presence of Dasyhelea mining leaves of Salvinia in Costa Rica. This is a new record of the species from the Amazonas State.