Redescription of two species of coelotanypus (Kieffer) 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae) in rivers of the Parano-Platense basin (Argentina, South America)

Abstract

Male imagos of Coelotanypus delpontei (Edwards) are redescribed and newly figured and the immature stages are de-scribed and figured for the first time. During this study, male imagos of C. Mendax (Lynch Arribalzaga) are also rede-scribed. The specimens were collected from the Paraná and near Uruguay rivers in the Parano-Platense basin.