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Checklist of Chironomidae from Mato Grosso do Sul state

ABSTRACT

Family Chironomidae is widely distributed with approximately 4,147 species known to the World, but this value is already outdated; for to Brazil about 379 species are recorded. We present a current inventory of species of Chironomidae for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Up to now, 16 species are recorded to the state. These species belongs to the genera Aedokritus, Beardius, Chironomus, Corynoneura, Djalmabatista, Fissimentum, Goeldichironomus, Oukuriella and Xenochironomus. In addition, 83 morphospecies are known to 33 genus of Chinonominae, six of Orthocladiinae and ten of Tanypodinae, all from fauna surveys and ecological studies in the Upper Paraná River and its adjacent rivers.

KEYWORDS
Chironomidae; larvae; aquatic insects; Paraná river; Biota-MS Program

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