DNA barcodes provide insights into the diversity and
biogeography of the non-biting midge Polypedilum (Diptera,
Chironomidae) in South America
Fabio Laurindo da Silva*
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Luiz Carlos Pinho
Laboratory of Systematics of Diptera, Department of Ecology and Zoology,
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Elisabeth Stur
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Silvio Shigueo Nihei
Laboratory of Systematic and Biogeography of Insecta, Department of
Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo,
Brazil.
Torbjørn Ekrem
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
*Corresponding author. E-mail:fabiolaurindo@usp.br