Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962

Mondal, Debarshi, Mukherjee, Tuhar & Hazra, Niladri, 2022, TWO NEW SPECIES OF MONOPELOPIA FITTKAU, 1962 FROM FORESTS IN INDIA ALONG WITH A KEY TO ADULT MALES OF ORIENTAL AND PALEARCTIC SPECIES (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) Abstract, CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 35 (35), pp. 32-42 : 41

Key to males of Monopelopia Fittkau from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions

1. Mid and hind legs with single tibial spur (subgenus Monopelopia Fittkau ) ............................... 2

– Mid and hind legs with two tibial spurs (OR: Oriental China) ............................................................ ............... M. (Cantopelopia) zhengi Lin, 2021

2 (1). R 2+3 present ................................................. 3

– R 2+3 absent or faintly indicated ......................... 4

3 (2). Macrotrichia cover entire wing surface (OR: Indonesia) .............................................................. ................... M. (M.) divergens ( Johannsen, 1932)

– Macrotrichia cover distal third wing surface only (OR: India) ......................... M. (M.) mongpuense Paul, Hazra and Mazumdar, 2014

4 (2) AR <1.2; r-m crossvein pale (PA: Europe; NE: Canada, U.S.A.) .............................................. ...................... M. (M.) tenuicalcar ( Kieffer, 1918)

– AR> 1.2; r-m crossvein darkened .................... 5

5 (4) AR 1.5; wing surface entirely covered with macrotrichia; abdomen without dark bands (OR: India) .............................. M. (M.) obscurata sp. n.

– AR 1.8; wing surface with macrotrichia covering distal third; abdomen with dark bands (OR: India) ................................................ M. (M.) recta sp. n.