Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916

Dantas, Galileu P. S., Siri, Augusto & Hamada, Neusa, 2023, A new species of Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southern Brazil, Zootaxa 5306 (5), pp. 551-562 : 552

Genus: Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916

Type-species: Isoplastus bimaculatus Kieffer, 1909 [= Tanypus nebulosus Meigen, 1804 ], by its original designation

Emended diagnosis. The following additions to the generic diagnose provided by Fittkau & Murray (1986), Murray & Fittkau (1989) and Cranston & Epler (2013) are presented:

Adult: at least one species with several anterior dark-brown spots on the tibiae. Pupa: at least one species with: Dc 2 sclerotized and granular in apical ½ (similar to Dc 1), plastron plate flattened and expanded laterally, and an elongated scar on the abdominal tergite I. Larva: at least one species with: S10 multi-branched, basal segment of palp with ring organ distalmost, accessory blade of antenna not reaching the apex of segment 2, mandible with ventrolateral setae 2 and 3 bifurcated, dorsomentum with 4 large teeth and 1 very small tooth on each side and ligula with an anterior row of teeth slightly concave.