A new species of Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southern Brazil
Author
Dantas, Galileu P. S.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Av. André Araújo, 2936, 69067 - 375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Author
Siri, Augusto
Instituto de Limnología “ Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet ” (ILPLA), CONICET-UNLP-FCNyM, Bv. 120 y 62, La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Author
Hamada, Neusa
0000-0002-3526-5426
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Av. André Araújo, 2936, 69067 - 375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. & nhamada @ inpa. gov. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3526 - 5426
nhamada@inpa.gov.br
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-23
5306
5
551
562
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.3
1175-5326
8073230
9AF475B4-18FE-480E-BC15-8F7C6BA5386B
Key to males of Neotropical species of
Macropelopia
1a. Gonostylus slender (
Andersen 2018
,
Figs. 5–6
);
Chile
...........................
M.
(
Bethbilbeckia
)
chilensis
Andersen
1b. Gonostylus relatively stout, broad basally and apically tapered (
Silva & Pinho 2020
,
Fig. 1G
;
Fig. 2D
in the present study).. ................................................................................................... 2
2a. Wing membrane translucid, darkened only around Cu, MCu, RM and bases of R
1
, R
2+3
and R
4+5
; tibiae dark brown only in apex and base; R 3 not reaching costa;
Argentina
.....................................
M.
(s. str.)
patagonica
Silva & Pinho
2b. Wing membrane with dark-brown spots; tibiae with several dark-brown bands; R
3
reaching costa;
Brazil
...........................................................................................
M.
(s. str.)
multifasciata
sp. nov.