A new species of the genus Alterosa (Trichoptera: Philopotaminae) from Southeastern Brazil

Philopotamidae is a large caddisfly family with 20 extant genera comprising about 1 000 described species worldwide. Alterosa contains 22 described species distributed in South and Southeastern Brazil. Adults of the genus are very similar in general structure, but are remarkable for their wide varia...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Abrantes Jardim, Leandro Lourenço Dumas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000200006