Monopelopia Fittkau 1962
Creators: name: Duan, Xin
name: Chang, Tong
name: Jiao, Ke-Long
name: Wang, Xin-Hua
name: Lin, Xiao-Long
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Monopelopia

description: Key to known adult males of Monopelopia Fittkau
(adapted from Oliveira et al. (2010), Paul, Hazra & Mazumdar (2014) and Dantas & Hamada (2017))
1. Mid and hind legs bearing single tibial spur................................................................ 2
- Mid and hind legs bearing two tibial spurs................................................................ 16
2. Vein R 2 present....................................................................................... 3
- Vein R 2 absent........................................................................................ 5
3. Vein R 2 apically forked............................................................. M. divergens (Johannsen)
- Vein R 2 not apically forked............................................................................. 4
4. Second palpomere with 2–3 darker spines; hind tibial comb with seven setae, ta 3 with pseudospur..................................................................................................... M. boliekae Beck & Beck
- Second palpomere without darker spine; hind tibial comb with 8 setae, no pseudospur on ta 3 ............................................................................................. M. mongpuense Paul, Hazra & Mazumdar
5. Wing length 1.0 mm........................................................ M. minuta Serpa-Filho & Oliveira
- Wing length> 1.0 mm................................................................................. 6
6. Second palpomere with pale subapical setae subequal to its length; temporals uniserial to multiserial.................................................................................................... M. tenuicalcar (Kieffer)
- Second palpomere with at least one pale subapical seta longer than its length; temporals uniserial...................... 7
7. Tergite IX with two setae............................................................................... 8
- Tergite IX with 4–9 setae.............................................................................. 10
8. Tergite VIII pale; numerous blunt tipped setae present on all tarsomeres........................ M. mikeschwartzi Epler
- Tergite VIII brown; blunt tipped setae absent on all tarsomeres................................................. 9
9. Tergite IX with one seta on each side; hind tibial comb with 5–6 setae; prealars 14............ M. tillandsia Beck & Beck
- Tergite IX with two setae on each side; hind tibial comb with 7–9 setae; prealar 1................... M. pavida Harrison
10. Palpomere 2 / palpomere 3 0.31–0.34.................................................................... 11
- Palpomere 2 / palpomere 3 0.52–0.70.................................................................... 13
11. Wing length 1.22–1.39 mm; middle tibia without preapical long seta; Tergites I-V with a broad oral brown band............................................................................ M. caraguata Mendes, Marcondes & Pinho
- Wing length 1.85–2.06 mm; middle tibia with one preapical seta; Tergites I-V not as above......................... 12
12. Tibial comb with nine bristles.................................................. M. laudelinae Dantas & Hamada
- Tibial comb with seven bristles.......................................... M. paranaense Oliveira, Mendes & Silva
13. Tergite IX with four setae........................................................... M. iara Dantas & Hamada
- Tergite IX with 6–9 setae.............................................................................. 14
14. AR> 1.10; phallapodeme elongate, 57–63 μm long; gonostylus 110–123 μm long........... M. adeliae Dantas & Hamada
- AR <1; phallapodeme normal, 25–31 μm long; gonostylus 82–91 μm long...................................... 15
15. Wing> 1.20 mm; tibial comb well developed, with 9 bristles........................ M. macunaima Dantas & Hamada
- Wing <1.15 mm; tibial comb indistinct............................................ M. edentata Dantas & Hamada
16. Phallapodeme small, the length nearly 1/3 of gonocoxite..................................................... 17
- Phallapodeme reach the base of gonostylus, the length slightly shorter than gonocoxite............................ 18
17. AR 1.30; Tergites II-V with basal half brown infuscate.......................................... M. gesta (Roback)
- AR 0.8; Tergites II-V not as above...................................................... M. meilloni (Freeman)
18. Antenna with 13 flagellomeres, gonostylus wider at the base and tapering gradually to the apex....... M. zhengi Lin sp. n.
- Antenna with 15 flagellomeres, gonostylus apically wide..................................... M. robacki (Lehmann)
description: Published as part of Duan, Xin, Chang, Tong, Jiao, Ke-Long, Wang, Xin-Hua & Lin, Xiao-Long, 2021, Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962, a newly recorded genus from Oriental China (Diptera Chironomidae) with a description of Monopelopia zhengi Lin sp. n., pp. 383-388 in Zootaxa 4980 (2) on pages 386-387, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4889283