First record of the genus Krenopelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, with a description of Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov. Author Zhang, Zhi-Chao 0009-0005-8939-2630 Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. & Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. zzc514644@gmail.com Author Chen, Jun-Wei 0009-0004-3838-0325 Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. & Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. cjwlbzz16@gmail.com Author Zhang, Yan 0009-0004-0372-1062 Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. & Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. Author Lin, Xiao-Long Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. & Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-08-05 5673 2 280 290 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7 journal article 312152 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7 286f218f-2038-41db-a28b-4a5d3c615218 1175-5326 16982096 22B2F11D-F1AC-4162-A940-E11A713E0BF2

TABLE 2. Lengths (in μm) and proportions of legs in Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov., adult male (n = 1).

	P 1	P 2	P 3
fe	728	724	677
ti	788	626	866
ta1	647	424	747
ta 2	378	249	375
ta 3	241	187	287
ta4	162	130	183
ta 5	102	87	98
LR	0.82	0.68	0.86
BV	2.45	2.72	2.43
SV	2.34	3.18	2.07
BR	3.11	3.78	2.18