Abstract
This work was begun to provide keys to the aquatic insect species known from Brazil. The original goal was to include all genera known from South America and all species from Brazil, but for most groups, the scope was expanded to encompass all species in South America, and, in some cases, to include terrestrial species of orders comprising both terrestrial and aquatic taxa. In no case is a taxonomic revision of any group undertaken, although recommendations for such revisions are included where appropriate, and probable synonymy of nominal species still treated as valid in the literature is noted.
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Heckman, C.W. (2003). Introduction. In: Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Plecoptera. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1423-5_1
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