Goeldichironomus neopictus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino

Amora, Gizelle, Hamada, Neusa & Pinho, Luiz Carlos, 2015, New species and records of Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965 from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 4059 (2), pp. 383-392 : 391

Goeldichironomus neopictus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino

Specimens examined. BRAZIL: 1 male, Amapá, Tartarugazinho, Igarapé do Henrique, BR156, 01°45’56.5” N, 50°52’40.5” W - 1m alt., 07.viii.2011, light trap, leg. A.M. O. Pes (INPA, slide-mounted in Euparal). 1 male, Amazonas, Coari, Base Petrolífera Geólogo Pedro de Moura—URUCU, 04°49’54.1” N, 65°15’24.2” W, 25.x.2008, in submerged wood trunk, leg. S. Couceiro (INPA, slide-mounted in Euparal). 5 male with pupal and larvae exuviae, 3 female with pupal and larval exuviae; Manaus, Reserva Soka Gakkai, Lago, 03°06’44.1” S, 59°54’22.7” W, 20.ix.2013, in submerged leaf, leg. G. Amora (INPA, slide-mounted in Euparal); 1 male, 3 males, Manaus, Petrópolis, INPA, Lago dos inajás, 03°05’50.6” S, 59°59’16.3” W, 05.v.2014, light trap, leg. E.D.R. Dourado (INPA, slide-mounted in Euparal). 6 males (in alcohol), Mato Grosso, Nova Mutum, Fazenda Buriti, 04– 14.ii.2002, light trap, leg. H.F. Mendes. 2 males (in alcohol), Goiás, Goiás Velho, Fazenda Ferreirinha, 504 m asl 15°39’39” S 50°12’04” W, 04.x.2004, leg. A.S. Melo, V.G. Ferro, C.B. Piza & F. Silveira. 1 male, Santa Catarina Urubici, Pousada Nossa Senhora das Graças, 27°59.7’62” S 49°34.0’40” W, 06–10.i.2010, light trap, leg. H.F. Mendes, L.C. Pinho & R.A. Moretto. 3 males, Urubici, Pousada Nossa Senhora das Graças, 27°59.7’62” S 49°34.0’40” W, 06.iii.2005, leg. L.E.M Bizzo & H. Mozerle. 1 male and 1 female (in alcohol), Urubici, Pousada Nossa Senhora das Graças, 27°59.7’62” S 49°34.0’40” W, 05.xii.2004, leg. L.C. Pinho & L.E.M. Bizzo. 1 male with larval and pupal exuviae, Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Lagoa do Peri, 27°44’47” S 48°32’06” W, 09.xii.2010, manual, leg. L.C. Pinho. 1 female with larval and pupal exuviae (in alcohol), Florianópolis, Lagoa do Peri, 27°44’47” S 48°32’06” W, 09.xii.2010, manual, leg. L.C. Pinho. 1 male (in alcohol), Rio Grande do Sul, Independência, Rio Santa Rosa, 27°50’16” S 54°20’35” W, 26.xii.2006, light trap, A.E. Siegloch. 5 males (in alcohol), Independência, Rio Santa Rosa, 27°50’16” S 54°20’35” W, 20.xii.2007, light trap, A.E. Siegloch. 1 male (in alcohol), Rio Grande do Sul, Cerro Largo, Laçador, Cachoeirinha, 30.xii.2005, light trap, M.R. Spies.

Distribution. Brazil, Amazonas state; distribution expanded to Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso Goiás, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul state.