First description of larvae of Paryphoconus Enderlein with a new species from Brazilian Amazonia and phylogenetic placement of the genus based on immature stages (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

DÍAZ, FLORENTINA; SPINELLI, GUSTAVO R.; FERREIRA-KEPPLER, RUTH; DONATO, MARIANO; RONDEROS, MARÍA M.

ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

ELSEVIER GMBH

Año: 2021 vol. 291 p. 79 - 102

0044-5231

Two species in the predaceous midge genus Paryphoconus Enderlein, P. inesae sp. n. and P. flavidus(Johannsen), are described from adults, pupae and larvae. Immatures were collected in Brazilian Amazoniausing pipettes and plastic trays where ?kinon?, macrophytes and wet sand were placed and raisedin the laboratory to adults. All described stages of both species are compared with their most similarcongeners. In addition, a cladistic analysis was performed based on 37 characters of larvae, 83 pupalcharacters, and three adult characters of 44 genera of Ceratopogonidae whose larvae and/or pupae havebeen described. The TNT version 1.1 was used to assess the phylogenetic position of Paryphoconus. This isthe first description of the larval stage for this genus, and it suggests that Paryphoconus is very closelyrelated to genera in the tribe Palpomyiini in the subfamily Ceratopogoninae.