Abstract

CAZORLA, Carla G.  and  SPINELLI, Gustavo R.. A new species of the genus Stilobezzia from the Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2012, vol.71, n.3-4, pp.187-190. ISSN 0373-5680.

A new species, Stilobezzia ( Acanthohelea) longisternalis, collected in the Nothofagus forest of the Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina) is described, photographed and illustrated based on the examination of male and female adults. The new species can be easily recognized by the elongate and narrow posteromedian projection of the male sternite 9; it is compared with S. (A.) hirsuta Ingram & Macfie.

Keywords : Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea); New species; Nothofagus forest; Argentina.

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