A new neotropical species of the genus Tanypus Meigen, 1803, misidentified by Oliveira (1944) as Tanypus stellatus Coquillett, 1902, is described.
Non-biting midge; Chironomidae; Tanypodinae; Tanypus; new species; Tanypus stellatus; misidentification; systematics; Minas Gerais; Brazil