Paratendipes

Paratendipes
	Paratendipes albimanus, Wisconsin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Paratendipes; Kieffer, 1911
Synonyms
	Kribiodoxa Kieffer, 1921 ; Synparatendipes Thienemann & Bause, 1913 ;

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

Species

These 44 species belong to the genus Paratendipes:

Paratendipes albimanus (Meigen, 1818)
Paratendipes albitibia Kieffer, 1922
Paratendipes angustus Lin, Qi & Wang, 2011
Paratendipes basidens Townes, 1945
Paratendipes basilaristorus Qi, Shi & Wang, 2009
Paratendipes bifascipennis (Tokunaga, 1940)
Paratendipes connectens Lipina, 1926
Paratendipes crosskeyi Freeman, 1956
Paratendipes demirsoyus Sahin, 1987
Paratendipes digraphis (Kieffer, 1911)
Paratendipes dolens (Kieffer, 1910)
Paratendipes duplicatus (Johannsen, 1937)
Paratendipes fuscitibia Sublette, 1960
Paratendipes guizhouensis Qi, Shi & Wang, 2009
Paratendipes hexatomus Kieffer, 1921
Paratendipes hirsutus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985
Paratendipes inarmatus Freeman, 1962
Paratendipes intermedius Chernovsky, 1949
Paratendipes irioheius (Sasa & Suzuki, 2000)
Paratendipes lahaulensis (Singh, 1958)
Paratendipes laticollus Zorina, 2004
Paratendipes maculipennis Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
Paratendipes melanothorax (Kieffer, 1911)
Paratendipes nigrimanus Kieffer, 1921
Paratendipes nitidulus (Coquillett, 1901)
Paratendipes nubilipennis Freeman, 1957
Paratendipes nubilus (Meigen, 1830)
Paratendipes nudisquama (Edwards, 1929)
Paratendipes pelargus Kieffer, 1913
Paratendipes penicilliceps Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
Paratendipes plebeius (Meigen, 1818)
Paratendipes reidi Freeman, 1957
Paratendipes sinelobus Albu, 1980
Paratendipes sinespina Cranston, 2020
Paratendipes spinipes Cranston, 2020
Paratendipes stictoptera (Kieffer, 1922)
Paratendipes striatus (Kieffer, 1925)
Paratendipes subaequalis (Malloch, 1915)
Paratendipes tamafuscus Kobayashi & Sasa, 1991
Paratendipes thermophilus Townes, 1945
Paratendipes tshernovskii Zorina, 2004
Paratendipes tunisiae Kieffer, 1918
Paratendipes unimaculipennis Chattopadhyay & Chaudhuri, 1993
† Paratendipes separata Doitteau & Nel, 2007

References

1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911". 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 Paratendipes at iNaturalist

[catlife-1] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911". Retrieved 2026-06-25.

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

Paratendipes

Paratendipes albimanus, Wisconsin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
Synonyms
Kribiodoxa Kieffer, 1921 Synparatendipes Thienemann & Bause, 1913