Occurrence of Polypedilum (Tripodura) amataura Bidawid-Kafka, 1996 (diptera; chironomidae) in Aquascypha hydrophora (Berk.) Reid (Fungi; Stereaceae), with description of the pupae in the Central Amazonian, Brazil

Abstract

Four larvae were collected in water with the fungus Aquascypha hydrophora (Berk.) Reid (Fungi: Stereaceae), fixed in tree trunks found in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil. Only one specimem reached the adult phase, which was identified as Polypedilum (Tripodura) amataura Bidawid-Kafka, 1996. This is the first description of an immature form of this genus, and also the first registered in mycotelmata.