Telmatopelopia
| Telmatopelopia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Tribe: | Pentaneurini |
| Genus: | Murray & Fittkau, 1988 |
Telmatopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. Females of this genus only have two seminal capsules compared to three in the females of genus Denopelopia.[1]
Species
- Telmatopelopia nemorum - type species[2]
References
- ^ Dantas, Galileu P. S.; Hamada, Neusa (27 November 2020). "Description of the female and larval stage of Denopelopia amicitia Dantas, Hamada & Mendes (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Acta Amazonica. 50 (4): 313–316. doi:10.1590/1809-4392202001671. ISSN 0044-5967.
- ^ Liu, Wenbin; Ferrington, Leonard C.; Wang, Xinhua (April 2017). "First Record of the Genus Telmatopelopia Fittkau, 1962 from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Entomological News. 126 (5): 352–357. doi:10.3157/021.126.0503. ISSN 0013-872X. Retrieved 12 June 2025.