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
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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.