Insectos acuáticos de la Meseta del Somuncura, Patagonia, Argentina. Inventario preliminar.

MUZÓN J,; G R, SPINELLI; ELLENRIEDER N, VON; A L, ESTEVEZ; P I, MARINO; P J, PEREZ GOODWYN; E B, ANGRISANO; DIAZ F,; L A, FERNANDEZ; MAZZUCONI S,; ROSSI G. C.; O D, SALOMON

REVISTA DE LA SOCIEDAD ENTOMOLóGICA ARGENTINA

Año: 2006 vol. 64 p. 47 - 67

0373-5680

ABSTRACT. A preliminary inventory of the aquatic insects from the Somuncura plateauand its area of influence (Patagonia, Argentina) is presented. It was done on the basis of thestudy of collections and previous records of species belonging to the orders Ephemeroptera,Odonata, Hemiptera (Heteroptera), Trichoptera, Diptera (families Ceratopogonidae, Culicidae,and Psychodidae) and Coleoptera. Different kinds of environments were surveyed in 14localities. Seventy eigth species grouped in 51 genera and 26 families were registered, and33 species are new records for the area. Eighty three % of the registered genera are widelydistributed (neotropical, american or cosmopolitan), while 41 % of the species exhibitpatagonic or andean distribution.