Full Length Research Paper

Three new species of Macropelopia Thienemann from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)

Qian Wang^1,2*,  Ming Cheng¹ and Xinhua Wang¹

¹College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, China.

²Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua–Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Fisheries Science, Tianjin Agricultural University, 300384, Tianjin, China.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: xhwang@nankai.edu.cn .

Accepted 12 August, 2011

 Abstract

Males of three new species, Macropelopia galbina sp. n., Macropelopia grandivolsella sp. . and Macropelopia rotunda sp. n are described and figured on the basis of specimens collected from Oriental China.

Key words: Taxonomy, Chironomidae, Tanypodinae, Macropelopia, new species, Oriental China.