Two new species of Goeldichironomus Fittkau from southeast Brazil (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Abstract

Two new species of Goeldichironomus Fittkau from southeast Brazil (Diptera, Chironomidae). The adult and immature stages of two new species of Goeldichironomus are described and figured. Larvae of G. luridus sp. nov., reared in the laboratory from egg masses, are abundant on organically enriched sediments of a chicken slaughter-house effluent treatment lagoon. Larvae of G. petiolicola sp. nov., live inside petioles of aquatic macrophytes such as Eichhornia azurea and Pontederia lanceolata.