Alluaudomyia sp.

Torreias, S. R. S., Ferreira-Keppler, R. L. & Ronderos, M. M., 2013, Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) present in aquatic macrophytes from wetlands of Marchantaria Island, Iranduba, Central Amazonia, Brazil, Journal of Natural History 48 (1 - 2), pp. 109-122 : 111-112

Alluaudomyia sp.

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba, Ilha da Marchantaria, aquatic macrophytes E. crassipes , 4 April 2011, Torreias col., 2 males (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuviae); P. stratiotes , 11 March 2011, Torreias and Ferreira-Keppler, 4 larvae (preserved in ethanol 70%); S. auriculata, Torreias and Ferreira-Keppler , 17 May 2011, 2 males, 2 females (reared in the laboratory, with pupal exuviae) .

Comments

The genus includes predatory larvae. They are commonly associated with floating plants in lakes, creeks and rivulets where they are found swimming on the surface film ( Spinelli and Wirth 1993). Spinelli and Wirth (1984) described A. amazonica , A. distispinulosa , A. fittkaui and A. nubeculosa from the Amazonas State. In the present work the specimens were collected in the three species of macrophytes studied through flotation techniques. Identification to species was not possible because insufficient material was collected.