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Occurrence of Polypedilum (Tripodura) amataura Bidawid-Kafka, 1996 (diptera; chironomidae) in Aquascypha hydrophora (berk.) Reid (Fungi; Stereaceae), with description of the pupae in the Central Amazonian, Brazil

Four larvae were collected in water with the fungus Aquascyphahydrophora (Berk.) Reid (Fungi: Stereaceae), fixed in tree trunks found in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil. Only one specimem reached the adult phase, which was identified as Polypedilum (Tripodura) amataura Bidawid-Kafka, 1996. This is the first description of an immature form of this genus, and also the first registered in mycotelmata.

Polypedilum; Chironominae; Aquascypha; AmazonianCentral


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