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Dichelacera (Dichelacera) walteri Guimarães, Gorayeb & Rodrigues-Guimarães n. sp. is described from female specimens collected in Marambaia Island, located in Mangaratiba County, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The characterization of the species was based in the following characters: a medium-sized species, more sclerotized than others in the subgenus Dichelacera Macquart, the second segment of palp with dark setae and longer than the third antennal segment, a brown scutum with pruinescence on the anterior half and posterior edges with white tonality, yellow dorsum of abdomen with the last three segments brown, white-yellowish venter with yellow setae, narrow frons with dark brown callus, extending just beyond a ridge in the middle of the frons, vertex with ocelli, hyaline wings with three large black bands, and tricolored legs.
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The authors are sincerely thankful to Márcio Eduardo Félix and Danielle Cerri from the Entomological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute for their help and kindness during our study to compare the new species with the other voucher specimens in the horse fly collection. The authors are also thankful to the staff of the Brazilian Navy for the permission and contribution to develop this study on Marambaia Island. English review and revision by Mitchell Raymond Lishon, native of Chicago, IL, USA, UCLA 1969. The study had financial support by Sérgio Arouca National Public Health School, Post-Graduation Program (CAPES Process Scholarship no. 1383383).
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Guimarães, R.R., Gorayeb, I.S., Rodrigues-Guimarães, R. et al. Description of Dichelacera (Dichelacera) walteri n. sp. (Diptera: Tabanidae) with a Key to Related Species in the Subgenus Dichelacera Macquart. Neotrop Entomol 44, 474–480 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-015-0311-8
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