Paratendipes

Paratendipes
Paratendipes albimanus, Wisconsin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Paratendipes
Kieffer, 1911
Synonyms[1]
  • Kribiodoxa Kieffer, 1921
  • Synparatendipes Thienemann & Bause, 1913
Paratendipes fuscitibia, Colorado
Paratendipes plebeius, Sweden

Paratendipes is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 40 described species in Paratendipes, found worldwide.[1][2]

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. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.