Monopelopia

Mendes, Humberto Fonseca, Marcondes, Carlos Brisola & Pinho, Luiz Carlos De, 2003, A new phytotelmatic species of Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962 (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from South Brazil, Zootaxa 262, pp. 1-10 : 2

Key to the Neotropical and Nearctic pupae of Monopelopia

1. Plastron plate elongated and reaching at least one third of the total length of the thoracic horn...................................................................................................................... 2

–. Plastron plate small, rounded and reaching at most one fourth of the total length of the thoracic horn ...................................................................................................... 4 2. Genital sac equal to longer than the anal lobe............................................................... 3 –. Genital sac smaller than the anal lobe; USA, Colombia.................................. boliekae 3. Genital sac equal size to the anal lobe; thoracic horn apex smooth; USA, Europe ........