Denopelopia amicitia, a new Tanypodinae from Brazil (Diptera, Chironomidae)

By

Dantas, Galileu
Hamada, Neusa
Mendes, Humberto Fonseca

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

553

Pages

107-117

Subjects

Amazonian , Aquatic insects , Neotropical region , Pentaneurini , Tanypodinae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.553.5988

 

Abstract

A new species of Denopelopia from Brazil is described based on adult male and pupa. The male of the new species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the genitalia and fore-tibial spur morphology. The pupa is very similar to those of D. atria, but it can be distinguished by the absence of distinct constrictions in the respiratory atrium of the thoracic horn. Generic diagnosis to male and pupa of Denopelopia is emended and keys to male and pupae of known species are provided.