Monopelopia

Oliveira, Caroline Silva Neubern De, Mendes, Humberto Fonseca & Silva, Mário Antônio Navarro Da, 2010, A new species of the genus Monopelopia from South Brazil, with keys to the Neotropical – Nearctic species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), Zootaxa 2420, pp. 53-62 : 60-61

Key to the Neotropical and Nearctic adult males of Monopelopia

1. Wing length c. 1.0 mm; Brazil................................................................................ M. minuta Serpa-Filho & Oliveira

-. Wing length> 1.0 mm .................................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Second palpomere with one or two preapical dark spines; USA, Colombia........................ M. boliekae Beck & Beck

-. Second palpomere without dark preapical spines......................................................................................................... 3

3. Second palpomere with pale subapical setae c. 84 µm; temporals single .................................................................... 4

-. Second palpomere with pale subapical setae subequal its length; temporals single to multiserial; USA, Europe......... ................................................................................................................................................ M. tenuicalcar (Kieffer)

4. T VIII brown; T IX with 3–5 setae on each side .......................................................................................................... 5

-. T VIII pale; T IX with one seta on each side; Jamaica........................................................... M. mikeschwartzi Epler

5. HR c. 1.31, gonostylus at least 114 µm; USA.................................................................... M. tillandsia Beck & Beck

-. HR> 1.48, gonostylus <104 µm................................................................................................................................. 6

6. Wing length c. 1.39 mm; middle tibia without preapical long seta; Brazil.................................................................... .................................................................................................................. M. caraguata Mendes, Marcondes & Pinho

- Wing length c. 1.85 mm; middle tibia with one preapical c. 137 long seta; Brazil.................... M. paranaense sp. n.