REMOVING THE HOMONYMY BETWEEN LAURENTIELLA DRAGESCO & NJINE, 1971 (PROTISTA) AND LAURENTIELLA LE LOEUFF & INTES, 1974 (CRUSTACEA)

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Description of the larvae of Synoestropsis furcata Flint, 1974 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from central-western region, Brazil

The genus Synoestropsis contains 10 described species, six of which occur in Brazil. The species S. furcata was described by Flint (1974), based on adults only. In this paper, the larvae are described and illustrated. This description constitutes the first definitive species-level association in the genus, and also enlarges the known distribution for S. furcata.