Cricotopus Wulp, 1874

Armitage, Brian J., Andersen, Trond, Giłka, Wojciech, Castillo Sánchez, Kayla N., Ríos González, Tomás A. & Aguirre, Yusseff P., 2025, The Diptera of Panama. II. A first benchmark for the family Chironomidae, Zootaxa 5613 (2), pp. 201-240 : 223

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15224283
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scientific name	Cricotopus Wulp, 1874
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Genus Cricotopus Wulp, 1874 View in CoL

Syn.: Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu, 1918 (see Cranston & Krosch 2015).

A genus of ~270 named species that occur in all zoogeographical regions except Antarctica. Seven subgenera are recognized, namely Cricotopus s. str.; Isocladius Kieffer, 1909 ; Maurius Lehmann, 1981 ; Nostocladius Ashe et Murray, 1980; Oliveiriella Wiedenbrug et Fittkau, 1997 ; Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu, 1918 ; and Pseudocricotopus Nishida, 1987 (see Ashe & O’Connor 2012; Andersen et al. 2013; Cranston & Krosch 2015). The larvae inhabit all types of freshwaters including saline coastal waters. They are frequently associated with aquatic plants, including algae, and some mine living parts of aquatic macrophytes ( Andersen et al. 2013).