Paracladopelma

Paracladopelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Paracladopelma; Harnisch, 1923

Paracladopelma is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 40 described species in the genus, and are found worldwide.

Species

These 46 species belong to the genus Paracladopelma:

Paracladopelma albiforceps (Kieffer, 1921)
Paracladopelma alphaeum (Sublette, 1960)
Paracladopelma aratra Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay, 1990
Paracladopelma ater (Freeman, 1954)
Paracladopelma augustum Zorina, 2006
Paracladopelma brincki (Freeman, 1957)
Paracladopelma bui Yan, Jin & Wang, 2008
Paracladopelma camptolabis (Kieffer, 1913)
Paracladopelma cirratum Yan, Jin & Wang, 2008
Paracladopelma clavatum Mukherjee, Hui & Hazra, 2023
Paracladopelma crenum Yan, Jin & Wang, 2008
Paracladopelma digitum Yan, Jin & Wang, 2008
Paracladopelma diutinistylum Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
Paracladopelma doris (Townes, 1945)
Paracladopelma faeroense (Kieffer, 1915)
Paracladopelma furudoprima Sasa & Arakawa, 1994
Paracladopelma galaptera (Townes, 1945)
Paracladopelma globosum Zorina, 2006
Paracladopelma graminicolor (Kieffer, 1925)
Paracladopelma hibarasecundum Sasa, 1993
Paracladopelma jacksoni Zorina, 2003
Paracladopelma kuramaclarum Sasa, 1989
Paracladopelma laminatum (Kieffer, 1921)
Paracladopelma loganae Beck & Beck, 1969
Paracladopelma melutense (Freeman, 1957)
Paracladopelma mikiana (Goetghebuer & Lenz, 1937)
Paracladopelma nais (Townes, 1945)
Paracladopelma nereis (Townes, 1945)
Paracladopelma nigritulum (Goetghebuer, 1942)
Paracladopelma nigrotibia (Bhattacharya, Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1985)
Paracladopelma nixe (Townes, 1945)
Paracladopelma nudiappendiculatum Kawai, 1991
Paracladopelma ovatum Mukherjee, Hui & Hazra, 2023
Paracladopelma pseudocamptolabis Zorina, 2006
Paracladopelma pseudolabis (Kieffer, 1915)
Paracladopelma pugnum Kawai, 1991
Paracladopelma pullatum (Freeman, 1957)
Paracladopelma reidi (Freeman, 1957)
Paracladopelma rhoedesianum (Kieffer, 1923)
Paracladopelma rolli (Chernovsky, 1949)
Paracladopelma rudebecki (Freeman, 1955)
Paracladopelma tamahikawai Sasa, 1983
Paracladopelma undine (Townes, 1945)
Paracladopelma urkanense Zorina, 2006
Paracladopelma viride (Kieffer, 1921)
Paracladopelma winnelli Jackson, 1977

References

1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.

External links

Citizen science observations for Paracladopelma at iNaturalist

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[catlife-1] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923". Retrieved 2026-06-25.

[Evenhuis2026-2] Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.