Paracricotopus

Paracricotopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Orthocladiinae
Genus:	Paracricotopus; Brundin, 1956
Synonyms
	ParacricotopusThienemann & Harnisch, 1932

Last updated May 28, 2025

Paracricotopus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[1]

Paracricotopus davoodi Ghaderi, Ibrahami, Mohammadi & Namayandeh, 2023
Paracricotopus glaber Saether, 1980
Paracricotopus insulatus Bhattacharyay & Chaudhuri, 1988
Paracricotopus irregularis Niitsuma, 1990
Paracricotopus millrockensis Caldwell, 1985
Paracricotopus missilus Chaudhuri & Som, 1998
Paracricotopus mozleyi Steiner, 1983
Paracricotopus niger Kieffer, 1913
Paracricotopus oyabeangulatus Sasa, Kawai & Ueno, 1988
Paracricotopus spinicornis Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2002
Paracricotopus sturae Namayandeh & Ghaderi, 2025
Paracricotopus tamabrevis Sasa, 1983
Paracricotopus togakuroasi Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
Paracricotopus torbjorni Namayandeh & Ghaderi, 2025
Paracricotopus uliginosus Brundin, 1947

References

1 2 Namayandeh, Armin; Ghaderi, Edris (2025-01-13). "A review of Paracricotopus (Brundin, 1947), with the description of two new species and redescription of the adult males of Paracricotopus niger (Kieffer, 1913) and Paracricotopus uliginosus (Brundin, 1947) sensu Sæther (1980) (Chironomidae: Diptera)" . Zootaxa . 5569 (1): 138–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Namayandeh, Armin; Ghaderi, Edris (2025-01-13). "A review of Paracricotopus (Brundin, 1947), with the description of two new species and redescription of the adult males of Paracricotopus niger (Kieffer, 1913) and Paracricotopus uliginosus (Brundin, 1947) sensu Sæther (1980) (Chironomidae: Diptera)" . Zootaxa . 5569 (1): 138–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.

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