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First record of the genus Colosmittia Andersen & Sæther (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Neotropical region

Primeiro registro do gênero Colosmittia Andersen & Sæther (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) para a região Neotropical

Colosmittia brasileira sp. n. from São Paulo state, Brazil, is described and illustrated based on a male imago. The genus Colosmittia Andersen & Sæther was described based on a single species, C. clavata Andersen & Sæther, from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, East Africa. The discovery of the new species shows that Colosmittia has an Afro-Brazilian distribution pattern.

New species; Brazil; Diptera, biogeography; Inabrezian pattern


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