Entomology laboratory
The tasks of this working group are dedicated to the study of the biodiversity of the aquatic entomofauna of Argentina, especially regarding the group Culicomorpha (Diptera).
The lines of research that are developed are linked on the one hand to the systematic evaluation of insects and on the other hand to the study of their biodiversity in relationship to the distribution of aquatic entomofauna along Environmental gradients.
WHAT TASKS DO WE PERFORM?
The tasks of this working group are dedicated to the study of the biodiversity of the aquatic entomofauna of Argentina, especially with regard to the group Culicomorpha (Diptera). The assemblage of Chironomidae, whether it is its relationship with the environment from the ecological point of view, as well as also as systematic and biogeographic aspects.
LINES OF RESEARCH
The lines of research that are developed are linked to the Chironomidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) systematics, where phylogenetic analyses based on morphological and molecular characters, systematic reviews, descriptions of taxonomic novelties, elaboration of regional keys, preparation of species inventories, mentions of relevant records and the preparation of different biogeographic analyses.
In addition, studies on biodiversity are carried out, exploring the presence of chironomids in different aquatic environments and what they look like affected by the environmental disturbances present in the environments that inhabit.
CAMPAIGN AND LABORATORY ACTIVITIES
Chironomide sampling with driftnets.
MEMBERS
Gustavo Spinelli
Mariano Donato
Augusto Siri
Juan Pablo Zanotto Arpellino
Publications
– Donato, M., Mauad, M. & Siri, A. 2024. New species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Argentina. Zootaxa 5448, 283–29. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.8
– Donato M., Zanotto Arpellino J.P., Siri A. 2023. Revision of the species described in Metriocnemus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) by Edwards (1931), with the description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 57: 904–923. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2215952
– Zanotto Arpellino J.P., Saigo M., Montalto L., Donato M. 2023. Larvae and pupae as indicators of anthropic disturbances: use of traits. Hydrobiologia 850: 4293-4309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05305-4.
-Dantas, Galileu P. S.; Siri, Augusto; Hamada, Neusa. 2023. A new species of Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southern Brazil. ZOOTAXA, 5306 (5): 551 – 562.
– Paggi, A.; Donato, M.; Siri, A.; Claps, L.E.; Roig-Juñent, S.; Morrone, J.J. 2023. Chironomidae. Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos. INSUE UNT Ediciones. p248 – 285. Isbn 978-987-754-342-1
– Ocon C., Siri A., Altieri P., Donato M. 2023. Functional feeding groups of Chironomidae (Diptera: Nematocera) and their spatial variation in an intermittent hill stream (Ventana Stream, Buenos Aires, Argentina). An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc. 95:e20191316. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202320191316
– Zanotto Arpellino, J. P., Rodríguez Catanzaro, L. N. S, Montalto, L., Siri, A. & Donato, M. 2022. Diversity, phenology and voltinism of Chironomidae (Diptera). neotropical streams as a study model. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 94(4): e20200314. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202220200314
– Gostel, M.R., Sancho, G., Roque, N., Donato, M., Funk, Vicki.A. 2022. Phylogenomic loci define the generic boundaries of Gochnatieae and improve resolution at the species level in Moquiniastrum (Compositae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107558
– Donato, M.; Andersen, T. 2022. A new species of Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965 from Argentina (Chironomidae, Chironominae). Zootaxa 5092 (1): 143–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.9
– Siri, A.; Donato, M.; Spaccesi, F.; Zanotto Arpellino, J. P.; Rodriguez Catanzaro, L.; Mauad, M. (2022) Composition and structure of the Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) assemblage of Ventania hill system streams (Argentina) along an altitudinal gradient. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 81: 11–28. https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.810202
– Zanotto Arpellino, J. P.; Montalto, L.; Donato, M. 2022. Clave para la identificación de Chironomidae (Diptera) de la ecorregión Tributarios del río Paraná y Río de la Plata mediante la utilización de exuvias pupales. Biología Acuática 39, e029. https://doi.org/10.24215/16684869e029
– Díaz, F.; Spinelli, G. R.; Ferreira-Keppler, R.; Donato, M.; Ronderos, M. M. 2021. First description of larvae of Paryphoconus Enderlein with a new species from Brazilian Amazonia and phylogenetic placement of the genus based on immature stages (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 291: 79-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.02.005
– Donato, M., J. P. Z. Arpellino, & A. Siri. 2020. Description of the pupa of Tanytarsus alatus Paggi (1992) (Chironominae: Tanytarsini). CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 33. https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i33.3350. Inglés.
– Cortelezzi, A., M. V. Simoy, A. Siri, M. Donato, R. E. Cepeda, C. B. Marinelli & I. Berkunsky. 2020. New insights on bioindicator value of Chironomids by using occupancy modelling. Ecological Indicators 117: 106619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106619. Inglés.
– Rodrigues Capítulo, A., L. Armendáriz, A. Siri, P. Altieri, C. Ocon, L. Rodríguez Catanzaro, J.P. Zanotto Arpellino, M. Rodríguez & M. Donato. 2020. Caracterización estructural y funcional de los macroinvertebrados en los bañados de desborde fluvial del área pampeana. Biología Acuática 35. https://doi.org/10.24215/16684869e015. Español.