Telmatopelopia

Telmatopelopia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Tribe:	Pentaneurini
Genus:	Telmatopelopia ; Murray & Fittkau, 1988

Last updated July 16, 2025

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.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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