Macropelopia

Michailova, Paraskeva, Kownacki, Andrzej, Woźnicka, Olga, White, Keith, Dean, Andrew & Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, 2014, Macropelopia nebulosa group (Diptera, Chironomidae, Tanypodinae) — karyotype and morphology of larvae and pupae, Zootaxa 3852 (1), pp. 83-100 : 96-97

Macropelopia sp. Afghanistan Kownacki, Wojtusiak, Żurek, 1976

Larvae undescribed.

Pupal exuvia (n = 1), 7.5 mm long, grayish brown, with abdominal pigmentation patterns similar to M. nebulosa . Thoracic horn flattened (Figure 14 A), ± 850 µm long, covered with small scales, index of plastron plate 0.44, the lower edge of plastron plate with row of light spots, respiratory atrium narrow. Thorax with outer edge corrugated (Figure 14B).

Spines of abdominal shagreen solitary or in groups of 2 (Figure 14 E), tergites II–V with transverse posterior band consist with many, small teeth (Figure 14 F) and conjunctives II/III, III/IV, IV/V, V/VI VI/VII, VII/VIII with fine shagreen. On the tergite of II–VI segments setae D1 arise from a large, strongly chitinised tubercle (Figures 14 C, 14 E), D3 not exceptionally long. Lateral setae on I–VI segment simple, short, mounted on a small tubercle, segment VII with 6 long taeniate L setae, (Figure 14 D) VIII with 5. Anal lobe is more or less straight, with fringe setae ( Kownacki et al. 1976).

Adult male hitherto not known.

Ecology and distribution. Hindu-Kush, Afghanistan in the overflow—tributary of the River Warduj, 2000 m a.s.l.

Comments. The pupa of Macropelopia sp. from Afghanistan differs from other Macropelopia nebulosa group species in the following features: very large tubercle on segment II–VI, seta D1 only 1.5x longer then tubercle, transverse posterior band with many, small teeth no bigger than shagreen.