Abstract

SPINELLI, Gustavo R.; RONDEROS, María M.  and  MARINO, Pablo I.. Redescription of the pupa of Parabezzia balseiroi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2012, vol.71, n.1-2, pp.163-168. ISSN 0373-5680.

The pupa of Parabezzia balseiroi Spinelli & Grogan was described and illustrated using binocular microscope, camera lucida and digital photographs. Pupae were captured along a stream margin in the Parque Provincial E. Tornquist Reserve, Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Also, additional pupae were observed, measured and photographed on the basis of the type series deposited in the Museo de La Plata. Parabezzia balseiroi is compared with P. alexanderi Wirth, which was also herein studied and photographed from Nearctic specimens.

Keywords : Parabezzia balseiroi; Pupa; Sierra de la Ventana; Argentina; Parabezzia alexanderi.

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