Nilothauma aripuanense Mendes & Andersen, 2009

Pinho, Luiz Carlos & Andersen, Trond, 2021, Neotropical Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera, Chironomidae): Key, eleven new species, re-descriptions, new combination and new records, ZooKeys 1033, pp. 81-125 : 81

Nilothauma aripuanense Mendes & Andersen, 2009 Figure 17B

Additional material.

2 males, slide-mounted: Brazil, Rondônia, Candeias do Jamari, Rio Preto, Ponte de Madeira , #01, 08°52'40"S, 63°38'02"W, 19-20.vii.2012, light trap, R. Boldrini & A.S. Fernandes leg. 2 males, slide-mounted: Brazil, Rondônia, Teixeirópolis, Balneário com Cachoeira , 10°55'20"S, 62°22'34"W, 03.ix.2012, light #13, N. Hamada, R. Boldrini, A.S. Fernandes & J.M. Cavalcante leg. 1 male, slide-mounted: Brazil, Roraima, Boa Vista, Rio Cauame , 02°52'06"N, 60°44'24"W, 9.iii.2009, light trap, L.M. Fusari leg. 1 male, slide-mounted: Brazil, Roraima, Boa Vista, BR-174, Igarape Agua Boa , 02°43'32"N, 60°48'43"W, 2014, N. Hamada leg. 1 male, slide-mounted: Brazil, Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, AM-240 Km 20, Balneario Sossego da Pantera , Igarape da Onca , 02°02'31"S, 59°51'05"W, 02.vii.2008, light trap, C. Azevedo leg. 1 male, slide-mounted: Brazil, Amazonas, upper Rio Marauiá, downstream of Cachoeira Santo Antonio , surface float skimmed, 22.i.1963, E.J. Fittkau leg. (A485, ZSM).

Distribution

(Fig. 17B ). The species was originally described from the Amazonas and Mato Grosso States by Mendes and Andersen (2009); the range is now extended to Roraima and Rondônia States in the Brazilian Amazon.

Figures

Figure 17. Distribution maps of Neotropical Nilothauma species A N. fittkaui (Soponis, 1987), N. amazonense Mendes & Andersen, 2009 B N. aripuanense Mendes & Andersen, 2009, N Nilothauma aleta Roback, 1960 C N. reissi (Soponis, 1987), N. soka Andersen, Bello-Gonzalez & Hagenlund, 2016 D N. anamariae Dantas & Hamada, 2017, N. jaraguaense Mendes & Andersen, 2009.