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Stilobezzia
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Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea)
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) megatheca Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015
Holotype male (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Neuquén
Other distribution
Chile
megatheca Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015: 172 (male, female (misidentified)). Type locality: Argentina, Neuquén, PN Nahuel Huapi, Villa la Angostura, 40°45'14.51"S, 71°39'4.31"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr.- Chile, Argentina (Neuquén: type locality; lago Aluminé, 38°53'44.52"S, 71°5'7.15"W; PN Lanin, lago Lolog, 40°1'32.63"S, 71°21'17.39"W; PN Lanin, cerro Chapelco at lago Lacar, 40°10'34.71"S, 71°21'56.36"W. Río Negro: PN Nahuel Huapi, arroyo Los Notros, 20 km W Bariloche, 41°07'41.45"S, 71°32'33.15"W; PN Nahuel Huapi, lago Gutiérrez, 41°10'49.26''S, 71°23'15.08''W; PN Nahuel Huapi, arroyo Ñireco, complejo Challhuaco, 41°11'51.9''S, 71°19'40.5''W, 962 m; PN Nahuel Huapi, río Villegas, 57 km S Bariloche, 41°34'44"S, 71°30'0.5"W; El Bolsón, 41°57'53.72"S, 71°32'7.22"W. Chubut: PN Los Alerces, eastern shore lago Futalaufquen, 42°51'59.81"S, 71°36'4.76"W; unnamed stream, 500 m S lago Epuyen, access road to Puerto Patriada, 42°08'19''S, 71°31'57''W, 412 m). Refs.: Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015: 172; Cazorla, 2015: 210; Anjos Santos, et al. 2017: 176.
- CAZORLA & SPINELLI. 2015. A revision of the Patagonian predaceous midges of the subgenus Acanthohelea of Stilobezzia excluding the S. (A.) edwardsi group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Nat. Hist. 49: 155-209.:155-209.
- ANJOS SANTOS, D., C. G. CAZORLA, C.G. & M. M. RONDEROS. . 2017. First description of immature stages and adult females of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) megatheca (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Patagonia. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 53: 175–188.
