First record of the genus Colosmittia Andersen & Sæther (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Neotropical region

Abstract

Colosmittia brasileira sp. n. from São Paulo state, Brazil, is described and illustrated based on a male imago. The genus Colosmittia Andersen & Saether was described based on a single species, C. clavata Andersen & Saether, from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, East Africa. The discovery of the new species shows that Colosmittia has an Afro-Brazilian distribution pattern.

A new species of Colosmittia Andersen et Sæther from Costa Rica (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)

“…As pointed out by Mendes & Andersen (2009), Colosmittia might be the first Ortholadiinae genus to demonstrate an Afro-Brazilian vicariance pattern. Colosmittia clavata Andersen et Saether, 1994 was described from the West Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, East Africa, while C. brasileira Mendes et Andersen, 2009 was recently described from Brazil.…”