Krenopelopia, Fittkau, 1962

Zhang, Zhi-Chao, Chen, Jun-Wei, Zhang, Yan & Lin, Xiao-Long, 2025, First record of the genus Krenopelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, with a description of Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov., Zootaxa 5673 (2), pp. 280-290 : 289

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22B2F11D-F1AC-4162-A940-E11A713E0BF2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17059434

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/036CDE45-4751-FFB1-FF57-7D9E18F2E0BF

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Plazi

scientific name

Krenopelopia
status

 

Key to known adult males of Krenopelopia View in CoL

1 Tergites III–VI with narrow brown marginal bands................................. K. nigropunctata (Staeger,1839) View in CoL

– Tergites III–V without marginal bands.................................................................... 2

2 Anterior third of tergites VI–VII dark brown or with some slight infuscation...................................... 3

– Tergites uniformly pale................................................................................ 5

3 LR 3 0.86. Wing length less than 1.6 mm. FCu slightly proximal of MCu................ K. wangi Zhang & Lin , sp. nov.

– LR 3 less than 0.75. Wing length more than 1.7 mm, FCu usually opposite of MCu................................. 4

4 Inner tibial spurs of mid and hind legs with two lateral teeth.......................... K. binotata (Wiedemann, 1817) View in CoL

– Inner tibial spurs of mid and hind legs with only one lateral tooth. LR 3 0.65..................... K. narda Roback, 1971 View in CoL

5 LR 1 = 0.72....................................................................... K. hudsoni Roback,1983 View in CoL

– LR 1 = 0.58...................................................................... K. alba (Tokunaga, 1937) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

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