Parachaetocladius
| Parachaetocladius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
| Genus: | Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 |
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:[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
- ^ a b c "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.