Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916

Tang, Hongqu & Niitsuma, Hiromi, 2020, Revision of the Chinese Macropelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4834 (2), pp. 207-218 : 208

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.2.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2BC515C6-F53B-4F8F-ACD2-46D4F8A73DCD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403284

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB87C0-5C19-0C71-FF68-B5468674FA2F

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scientific name

Macropelopia Thienemann
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Genus Macropelopia Thienemann View in CoL View at ENA

Macropelopia Thienemann in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916: 497 View in CoL ; Fittkau 1962: 102; Roback 1971: 87, 1978: 159; Fittkau & Murray 1986: 50; Murray & Fittkau 1989: 61; Epler 2001: 4.53; Niitsuma et al., 2004: 44; Cranston & Epler 2013: 53; Silva & Pinho 2020: 575 View Cited Treatment .

Bethbilbeckia Fittkau et Murray, 1988: 253 View in CoL ; Murray & Fittkau 1989: 46; Epler 2001: 4.29.

Type species: Isoplastus bimaculatus Kieffer [= Tanypus nebulosus Meigen View in CoL ], by original designation.

Remarks. Bethbilbeckia Fittkau et Murray was transferred as a subgenus to the genus Macropelopia by Cranston & Epler (2013) because of their resemblances in all life stages. It was supported by morphological and molecular analyses ( Siri & Donato 2015, Silva & Ekrem 2016, Krosch et al. 2017), although Watson (2010: 339) stated that in spite of similarities to Macropelopia , B. floridensis lacks several characters considered diagnostic for that genus. More recently, in the description of the second species of the subgenus, Macropelopia (Bethbilbeckia) chilensis from the Neotropical region, Andersen (2018: 89) wrote, “However, based on the material at hand the species shows a mixture of characters found either in the subgenus Bethbilbeckia or in Macropelopia (s. str.), indicating that the status of Bethbilbeckia as a separate subgenus should be reconsidered.”

Two species groups, the notata and the nebulosa groups, are currently recognized in Macropelopia s. str., generally based on the pupal morphology; abdominal segment VII with 5 LS-setae in the former, whereas 6 LS-setae in the latter ( Fittkau 1962, Roback 1978, Fittkau & Murray 1986).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Loc

Macropelopia Thienemann

Tang, Hongqu & Niitsuma, Hiromi 2020
2020
Loc

Bethbilbeckia Fittkau et Murray, 1988: 253

Murray D. A. & Fittkau, E. J. 1989: 46
Fittkau, E. J. & Murray, D. A. 1988: 253
1988
Loc

Macropelopia Thienemann in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916: 497

Silva, F. L. & Pinho, L. C. 2020: 575
Cranston, P. S. & Epler, J. H. 2013: 53
Niitsuma, H. & Suzuki, M. & Kawabe, K. 2004: 44
Murray D. A. & Fittkau, E. J. 1989: 61
Fittkau, E. J. & Murray, D. A. 1986: 50
Roback, S. S. 1978: 159
Roback, S. S. 1971: 87
Fittkau, E. J. 1962: 102
Thienemann, A. & Kieffer, J. J. 1916: 497
1916
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