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Published: 2005-08-30
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Denopelopia Roback & Rutter from China with emendation of the generic diagnosis (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)

Department of Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Department of Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Diptera Chironomidae Tanypodinae Denopelopia new species key China

Abstract

The genus Denopelopia is recorded from the Oriental and Palaearctic regions for the first time. Denopelopia diaoluonica sp. n., D. bractea sp. n., and D. viridula sp. n. are described from male imagines. A key to all known males of the genus worldwide is presented, and the generic diagnosis is emended.

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