Paracricotopus spinicornis Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2002

Namayandeh, Armin & Ghaderi, Edris, 2025, A review of Paracricotopus (Brundin, 1947), with the description of two new species and redescription of the adult males of Paracricotopus niger (Kieffer, 1913) and Paracricotopus uliginosus (Brundin, 1947) sensu Saether (1980) (Chironomidae: Diptera), Zootaxa 5569 (1), pp. 138-158 : 152

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14705218

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Paracricotopus spinicornis Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2002
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Paracricotopus spinicornis Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2002 View in CoL

Material examined. Holotype: Male with Lex and Pex [reared], India, Sikkim, Tadong , ( Type no. B.U. Ent. 240); 06.iv.1996; leg. N. Hazra. Paratypes: 1 male with Lex and Pex [reared], same as holotype ; 3 males [reared], India, Sikkim, Jorethang ; 10.xi.1996; leg. N. Hazra ; 2 males with Lex and Pex [reared], India, West Bengal, Teestabazar , 08.xi.1996; leg. N. Hazra ; 1 male with Lex and Pex [reared], India, West Bengal, Tiger Hill ; 10.xi.1997; leg. N. Hazra.

Description. The adult male as described by Hazra et al. (2002) with the following additions:

Abdominal tergite setation ( Fig. 7F View FIGURE 7 ). Tergite I with 2 lateral setae, anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal setae arranged in 3 diagonal rows in 3/3/1 format. Tergites II-VIII with 3 lateral setae, anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal setae in two parallel-straight rows, with a gap in mid-tergite III–V.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Sikkim, West Bengal).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Paracricotopus

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