Macropelopiini
Creators: name: Paul, Nilotpol
name: Mazumdar, Abhijit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae

description: Key to identification of adult male of tribe Macropelopiini
Here in a new adult key of tribe Macropelopiini is presented along with new proposed genus, keeping in mind the undergoing development of Tanypodinae systematics in last decades.
1. Preepisternals absent................................................................................... 2
- Preepisternals present.................................................................................. 4
2. Tergite IX with seta.................................................. Guassutanypus Roque & Trivinho-Strixino
- Tergite IX without seta................................................................................. 3
3. Scutal tubercle present; Claws on mid leg spatulated-cusp shaped........................... Fittkauimyia Karunakaran
- Scutal tubercle absent; Claws on mid leg pointed............................................. Brundiniella Roback
4. Tibial comb may present or absent on the fore leg............................................................ 5
- Tibial comb absent on the fore leg........................................................................ 6
5. Postnotal present; pseudo spurs absent on tarsomeres 1–2 of mid leg.................................................................. Macropelopia Thienemann (inclu. Bethbilbeckia, however tibial comb present except Bethbilbeckia).
- Postnotal absent; pseudo spurs present on tarsomeres 1–2 of mid leg; tibial comb present.............. Alotanypus Roback
6. Gonostylus reaching about 2/3 gonocoxite length............................................................ 7
- Gonostylus not reaching up to 2/3 gonocoxite length.......................................................... 8
7. Eye iridescent; pulvilli well developed.................................................... Psectrotanypus Kieffer
- Eye not iridescent; pulvilli ill developed.................................................... Derotanypus Roback
8. Inferior volsella present................................................................................. 9
- Inferior volsella absent................................................................................10
9. Apex of gonostylus distinctly constricted with slightly heel; tergite IX with setal bundles on both side................................................................................................... Wuelkerella Añón Suárez
- Apex of gonostylus simple and without heel; tergite IX without setal bundles on both side.... Radotanypus Fittkau & Murray
10. Femur and tibia without dark mark or band; fore leg with blunt claw; surface of tibial spur smooth. .. Chaudhuriomyia gen. n.
- Femur and tibia with dark mark or band; fore leg with pointed claw; surface of tibial spur with fine short bristle.........11
11. Setae on tergite IX few and postero-marginally placed............................. Bilyjomyia Niitsuma & Watson Jr.
- Setae on tergite IX many and medially placed............................................. Apsectrotanypus Fittkau
description: Published as part of Paul, Nilotpol & Mazumdar, Abhijit, 2015, Chaudhuriomyia, a new tanypod genus of Macropelopiini (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from the Eastern Himalaya, pp. 537-548 in Zootaxa 3955 (4) on page 541, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/240946