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Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Biodiversidad Acuática en América Latina

Volume 4

Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta)
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Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta)

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ABLA Vol. 4 – Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli: Ceratopogonidae Neotropicales

BIODIVERSIDADACUÁTICA

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CERATOPOGONIDAE NEOTROPICALES (DIPTERA: INSECTA)
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Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli
Lector Científico a los Editores: William L. Grogan
Editores de la Serie: Joachim Adis, Jorge R. Arias, Guillermo Rueda-Delgado & Karl Matthias Wantzen

Sofia–Moscow 2007

ABLA Vol. 4 – Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli: Neotropical Ceratopogonidae

3AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Volume 4

NEOTROPICAL CERATOPOGONIDAE (DIPTERA: INSECTA)
by

Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli
Scientific Reader to the Editors: William L. Grogan
Series Editors: Joachim Adis, Jorge R. Arias, Guillermo Rueda-Delgado & Karl Matthias Wantzen

Sofia–Moscow 2007

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Series Editors/Editores de la Serie: Joachim Adis, Jorge R. Arias, Guillermo Rueda-Delgado & Karl Matthias Wantzen VOLUME 4. NEOTROPICAL CERATOPOGONIDAE (DIPTERA: INSECTA) by Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli Scientific Reader to the Editors: William L. Grogan Front cover: Female Forcipomyia (Microhelea) sp.feeding on phasmid antenna (Chlorosphasma sp.) in Costa Rica; Amazon River near Manaus (photos: P. Naskrecki, WJ. Junk; design: Zheko Aleksiev & Elke Bustorf). Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America Vol. 4 ISSN: 1312-7276 First published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-954-642-301-6 VOLUMEN 4. CERATOPOGONIDAE NEOTROPICALES (DIPTERA: INSECTA) por Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli Lector Científico a los Editores:William L. Grogan

The book should be cited as follows: Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli. 2007. Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta). In: Adis, J., Arias, J.R., Rueda-Delgado, G. & K.M. Wantzen (Eds.): Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America (ABLA). Vol. 4. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, 198 pp. © PENSOFT Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in aretrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Pensoft Publishers Geo Milev Str. 13a, Sofia 1111, Bulgaria info@pensoft.net www.pensoft.net Printed in Bulgaria, June 2007

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Habitusof female Culicoides variipennis COQUILLETT (Nearctic Region; from McALPINE et al., 1981).

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AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICA BIODIVERSIDAD ACUÁTICA
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Series Editors: Joachim Adis, Jorge R. Arias, Guillermo Rueda-Delgado & Karl Matthias Wantzen Biodiversity is a key word in scienceand global management schemes; however very few people are able to identify the species and their ecology that make up “biodiversity”. For many years, researchers and students from numerous countries complain about the lack of “tools” to identify aquatic invertebrates from Latin America. Keys found in accepted entomological textbooks are mostly highly limited, superficial and rarely coverNeotropical biota in sufficient detail. On the other hand, specialized information on taxonomy or ecology is scattered throughout the literature in many single publications. An international team of editors have combined their efforts with Pensoft Publishers to launch a new major series on the Aquatic Biodiversity of Latin America (ABLA). Their goal was to find experts who combine the current state of...