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Chaoborus sampsera n. sp., a new chaoborid (Diptera: Culicomorpha: Chaoboridae) from Papua Province, Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Joshua R. Ogawa  and
Darlene D. Judd
Joshua R. Ogawa*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Davis Science Building 128, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132, United States of America
Darlene D. Judd
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Davis Science Building 128, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: jogawa@mtsu.edu).
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Abstract

A new species, Chaoborus sampsera, is described from male and female adults collected from Papua Province in western New Guinea, Indonesia. Based on leg banding, wing pigmentation, and possession of a median paramere sclerite in males, the new species belongs to the Chaoborus “pallidus” group of Colless. Chaoborus sampsera is distinguished from other species of the “pallidus” group by the scimitar-shaped parameres. Although relationships among these Chaoborus species are unclear, there are morphological characters that support the “pallidus” group.

Résumé

Nous décrivons une nouvelle espèce, Chaoborus sampsera, à partir d’adultes mâles et femelles récoltés dans la province de Papua en Nouvelle-Guinée occidentale, Indonésie. Les rayures sur les pattes, la pigmentation de l’aile et la présence d’un sclérite médian sur le paramère du mâle indiquent que la nouvelle espèce appartient au groupe de Chaoborus “pallidus” de Colless. Chaoborus sampsera se distingue des autres espèces du groupe de “pallidus” par ses paramères en forme de cimeterres. Bien que les relations entre ces espèces de Chaoborus ne soient pas claires, il existe des caractères qui appuient l’existence du groupe “pallidus”.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 140 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 292 - 296
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2008

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