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Paracricotopus

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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Paracricotopus is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Europe, Animalia and insect.

Vinony files it under Chironomidae and Flies of Europe.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyChironomidae

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Specimen records
3
Family
Chironomidae
Collections
AM, ZMBN
Recorded in
South Africa, United States

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Parent taxon
Chironomidae
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taxon name
Paracricotopus
taxon rank
genus
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Paracricotopus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).

== Species == The genus includes the following species: 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

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