Two new species of Macropelopia (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Oriental China, delineated with morphology and COI sequences

By

Xiangliang, Fang
Xu, Zigang
Yao, Yuanyuan
Fu, Yue

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1210

Pages

287--298

Subjects

DNA barcoding , Macropelopia , Morphology , non-biting midge , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1210.127183

 

Abstract

Two new species, Macropelopia (Macropelopia) excavata Xu & Fu, sp. nov. and Macropelopia (Macropelopia) quadrimacula Xu & Fu, sp. nov., are described as male adults. A key to identify the males of Macropelopia from China is provided. Furthermore, in order to ascertain the genetic distance between these species and their morphological characteristics, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences were uploaded to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. These COI sequences were then utilized to infer the relationships between the species, employing the neighbor-joining method.