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 Author Mondal, Debarshi Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. rishi2.deb@gmail.com Author Mukherjee, Tuhar Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. tuharmukherjeeofficial@gmail.com Author Hazra, Niladri Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. hazra.niladri@gmail.com text CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 2022 2022-08-17 35 35 32 42 https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4599 journal article 10.5324/cjcr.v0i35.4599 2387-5372 7987459 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.