Paracricotopus mozleyi Steiner, 1983

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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Material examined. Holotype: Pharate male and pupal skin (recovered from salamander gut), USA, Georgia; Lumpkin Co.; vertical rock seep 4.2 km northeast of Stonepile Gap crossroads on north side of State Route 60; elev. 781 m; leg. J.W. Steiner, 26.x.1981; dep. USNM . Paratypes: reared pharate male with cast pupal and larval skins, one pupal skin, one partial pupal skin, two 4 th instar larvae, one 4 th instar larval head (recovered from salamander gut), one 3 rd instar larva, same as holotype.

Description. Adult male as described by Steiner (1983) with the following additions:

Thorax. Achrostichals 9.

Abdominal tergite setation ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ). Tergites I with two lateral setae, anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal setae in 2 diagonal rows in 2/1 format. Tergites II–VIII with 3 lateral setae. Anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal on tergites II and IV in three rows and on tergites III and V in two rows.

Distribution. Nearctic: USA ( Georgia).