Two new species of Macropelopia (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Oriental China, delineated with morphology and COI sequences Author Fang, Xiangliang College of Biology and Agricultural Resources, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, Hubei, 438000, China Author Xu, Zigang College of Biology and Agricultural Resources, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, Hubei, 438000, China & College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Hubei, 434022, China Author Yao, Yuanyuan Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin City, 300061, China Author Fu, Yue 0000-0002-4045-4352 College of Biology and Agricultural Resources, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, Hubei, 438000, China text ZooKeys 2024 2024-08-27 1210 287 298 journal article 301764 10.3897/zookeys.1210.127183 cf1aa023-cbd4-4174-8670-f2d22ebd331b 1D0A3DB9-3CD4-4DD5-97DA-471BCF3FAD8A Genus Macropelopia Thienemann Macropelopia Thienemann in Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916: 497 . Fittkau 1962: 102 ; Roback 1971: 87 , 1978: 159 ; Fittkau and Murray 1986: 50 ; Murray and Fittkau 1989: 61 ; Epler 2001 : 4.53; Niitsuma et al. 2004: 44; Cranston and Epler 2013: 53 ; Silva and Pinho 2020: 575 ; Tang and Niitsuma 2020 . Bethbilbeckia Fittkau et Murray, 1988: 253; Murray and Fittkau 1989: 46 ; Epler 2001 : 4.29. Type species. Isoplastus bimaculatus Kieffer [= Tanypus nebulosus Meigen ] by original designation.