O. japi Wiedenbrug, Mendes, Pepinelli & Trivinho-Strixino, 2009

Shimabukuro, Erika Mayumi & Trivinho-Strixino, Susana, 2018, Madicolous Chironomidae from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a checklist with notes on altitudinal distributions (Diptera, Insecta), ZooKeys 751, pp. 41-73 : 52

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20611

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scientific name

O. japi Wiedenbrug, Mendes, Pepinelli & Trivinho-Strixino, 2009
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O. japi Wiedenbrug, Mendes, Pepinelli & Trivinho-Strixino, 2009 View in CoL

Distribution.

BRAZIL, Serra do Japi, Jundiaí, São Paulo State (23°14'38"S, 46°57'02"W); PESM, Ubatuba, São Paulo State (23°30.46'S, 45°11.923'W and 23°30.789'S, 45°14.442'W).

Elevation.

1058 m a.s.l.

Habitats.

Litter below a waterfall of a first-order stream.

Known stages.

L, P, F, M.

References.

Wiedenbrug et al. (2009).

Remarks.

O. japi was found on marginal rocks of small streams, at 1570 m a.s.l., extending the altitudinal record of the species. Environmental characterization: Water temperature 16.3 °C; dissolved oxygen 8.4 mg.l-1; pH 6.4; slow flowing; vegetal canopy completely absent. The species was found in APASM (Minas Gerais State), extending the geographical distribution of the species. Low altitudinal specificity (IndVal: 0.14; p = 1.0).