A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHIRONOMID FAUNA (DIPTERA) IN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL

Authors
MALO J MORAIS M PINTO P
Citation
J. Malo et al., A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHIRONOMID FAUNA (DIPTERA) IN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL, Annales de Limnologie, 34(2), 1998, pp. 165-170
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Limnology
Journal title
Annales de Limnologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034088
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
165 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4088(1998)34:2<165:ACTTKO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
For the first time, a faunal list of 89 species of Chironomidae is pre sented for the South of Portugal, using data from drift samples taken in 12 rivers and streams. 35 species of Chironomidae are new for Portu gal. The more important biogeographic result is the appearance of vari ous mediterranean species -as Paramerina spec. Griechenland, Tanytarsu s Pe23 Langton 1991 and Virgatanytarsus albisutus-; this last specie w as not previously known from the Iberian Peninsula.