TWO NEW SPECIES OF MONOPELOPIA FITTKAU, 1962 FROM FORESTS IN INDIA ALONG WITH A KEY TO ADULT MALES OF ORIENTAL AND PALEARCTIC SPECIES (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) Abstract Author Mondal, Debarshi Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. rishi2.deb@gmail.com Author Mukherjee, Tuhar Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. tuharmukherjeeofficial@gmail.com Author Hazra, Niladri Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. hazra.niladri@gmail.com text CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 2022 2022-08-17 35 35 32 42 https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4599 journal article 30410 10.5324/cjcr.v0i35.4599 36a55a49-a535-4877-8c8e-7f9016b87119 2387-5372 7987459

Table 2. Comparison of male adult Monopelopia (M.) recta sp. n. and Monopelopia (M.) obscurata sp. n. with eight morphologically similar species.

	AR	1	Setae in 3 comb	Wing membrane	Squamal setae	Dorsolateral setae on TIX	Median setal row on Gc	Megaseta (µm)	HR	Anal point
M. (M.) iara	1.13	0.97	9	Sparsely covered with macrotrichia	14	2 each side	Absent	11	1.31	Conical
M. (M.) tenuicalcar	1.16	0.80	6	Densely macrotrichiose	—	1 each side	Absent	12	1.52	Conical
M. (M.) caraguata	1.05	0.95	5	Macrotrichiose	13	4 each side	Absent	10	1.58	Long
M. (M.) macunaima	0.87	0.82	9	Few macrotrichiae over entire wing	12	3 each side	Absent	12	1.44	Broad based, conical
M. (M.) edentata	0.91	0.88	—	Few macrotrichiae over entire wing	12	4 each side	Absent	13	1.35	Broad based, conical
M. (M.) mongpuense	1.12	1.08	8	Macrotrichiose progressively denser toward the apex	18	3 each side	Absent	16	1.44	Short, straight
M. (M.) adeliae	1.17	0.75	7	Sparsely covered with macrotrichia	21	3 each side	Absent	14	1.35	Conical
M. (M.) obscurata sp. n.	1.46	1.04	6	Densely macrotrichiose	14	2 each side	Absent	13.8	2.0	Broad based, conical
M. (M.) recta sp. n.	1.81	0.94	8	Macrotrichiose distally	17	2 per side	Present	11	1.69	Short, conical