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Issue: Vol. 5673 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7
Page range: 280-290
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the genus Krenopelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, with a description of Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov.

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.
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.
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.
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.
Diptera Tanypodinae DNA barcode new species taxonomy key

Abstract

The genus Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962 is recorded from China for the first time. Krenopelopia wangi Zhang & Lin, sp. nov. is described and illustrated as adults. Species status is supported by COI DNA barcodes. A key to adult males of Krenopelopia worldwide is presented.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, Z.-C., Chen, J.-W., Zhang, Y. & Lin, X.-L. (2025) First record of the genus Krenopelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, with a description of Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov. Zootaxa, 5673 (2), 280–290. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7