Parachaetocladius

Parachaetocladius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Orthocladiinae
Genus:	Parachaetocladius ; Wülker, 1959

Last updated October 06, 2025

Parachaetocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).^[1] It was first described in 1959 by Wolfgang Wülker.^[1]^[2] The genus description was revised in 2020.^[3]

Species

Species listed by GBIF As of 6 October 2025^[update]:^[1]

Parachaetocladius abnobaeus (Wülker, 1959)
Parachaetocladius akanoctavus Sasa & Kamimura, 1987
Parachaetocladius balticus Seredszus & Wichard, 2007
Parachaetocladius broankerothurrie Namayandeh & Beresford, 2020
Parachaetocladius hirtipectus Saether, 1969
Parachaetocladius hudsoni (Saether, 1977)
Parachaetocladius imberbus Saether & Sublette, 1983
Parachaetocladius pyrenaeus Moubayed, 2020
Parachaetocladius squamula Liu & Cao, 2020

References

1 2 3 "GBIF: Parachaetocladius" . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
↑ Wülker W. (1959) Drei neue Chironomiden - Arten (Dipt.) und ihre Bedeutung fur das Konvergenzproblem bei Imagines und Puppen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement, 25(1): 44–49
↑ Armin Namayandeh; Joel Moubayed; Edris Ghaderi; David V. Beresford (30 June 2020). "A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male" (PDF). Polish Journal of Entomology. 1 (89): 59–80. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.1517. ISSN 0032-3780. Wikidata Q110668167.

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[gbif-1] 1 2 3 "GBIF: Parachaetocladius" . Retrieved 6 October 2025.

[2] Wülker W. (1959) Drei neue Chironomiden - Arten (Dipt.) und ihre Bedeutung fur das Konvergenzproblem bei Imagines und Puppen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement, 25(1): 44–49

[revision-3] Armin Namayandeh; Joel Moubayed; Edris Ghaderi; David V. Beresford (30 June 2020). "A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male" (PDF). Polish Journal of Entomology. 1 (89): 59–80. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.1517. ISSN 0032-3780. Wikidata Q110668167.

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