Genus Denopelopia Roback et Rutter, 1988

A genus of six species that occur in the Neotropical and Oriental regions. Currently, three species are known from Southern and Central America and Florida (Roback & Rutter 1985; Silva et al. 2014; Dantas et al. 2016). Unnamed material at ZSM includes an adult male from Panama (Spies & Reiss 1996). The larvae have been found in ditches and ponds with dense macrophyte stands and can tolerate low dissolved oxygen and high iron concentrations (Cranston & Epler 2013).