Paracricotopus
| Paracricotopus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
| Genus: | Paracricotopus Brundin, 1956 |
| Synonyms | |
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Paracricotopus Thienemann & Harnisch, 1932 | |
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
- ^ a b 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.