Paracladopelma Harnisch

Yan, Chuncai, Jin, Zhaohui & Wang, Xinhua, 2008, Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1934, pp. 1-29 : 2-3

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Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923: 304 View in CoL .

Type species: Tendipes camptolabis Kieffer, 1913 , by original designation and monotypy.

Other included species: Palaearctic region (22 species, see Ashe & Cranston 1990; Makarchenko et al. 2005; Saether et al. 2000; Sasa 1998; Sasa & Kikuchi 1995; Sasa & Suzuki 1998, 2001; Sasa & Tanaka 2002; Sasa et al. 1998, 2001; Zorina 2006): P. augustus Zorina, 2006 ; P. c a m p t o l a b i s ( Kieffer, 1913); P. d o r i s ( Townes, 1945); P. furudoprimum Sasa et Arakawa, 1994 ; P. galaptera ( Townes, 1945) ; P. globosum Zorina, 2006 ; P. graminicolor (Kieffer, 1925) ; P. hibarasecundum Sasa, 1993 ; P. j a c k s o n i Zorina, 2003; P. k u r a m a - clarum Sasa, 1989; P. laminatum (Kieffer, 1921) ; P. mikianum ( Goetghebuer, 1937) ; P. n a i s ( Townes, 1945); P. n e re i s ( Townes, 1945); P. nigritulum ( Goetghebuer, 1942) ; P. nudiappendiculatum ( Kawai, 1991) ; P. pseudocamptolabis Zorina, 2006 ; P. pugnum Kawai, 1991 ; P. tamahikawai Sasa, 1983 ; P. tamanipparai Sasa, 1983 ; P. undine ( Townes, 1945) ; P. urkanensis Zorina, 2006 .

Nearctic region (10 species, see Oliver et al. 1990): P. alphaeus (Sublette, 1960) ; P. camptolabis ( Kieffer, 1913) ; P. doris ( Townes, 1945) ; P. galaptera ( Townes, 1945) ; P. longanae Beck et Beck, 1969 ; P. nais ( Townes, 1945) P. n e re i s ( Townes, 1945); P. n i x e ( Townes, 1945); P. undine ( Townes, 1945) ; P. w i n n e l l i Jackson, 1977.

Afrotropical region (6 species, see Freeman & Cranston 1980): P. b r i n c k i ( Freeman, 1957); P. g r a m i n i - color (Kieffer, 1925); P. melutense ( Freeman, 1957) ; P. pullatum ( Freeman, 1957) ; P. re i d i ( Freeman, 1957); P. rhodesianum (Kieffer, 1923) .

Oriental region (3 species, see Chaudhuri et al. 2001): P. a r a t r u m Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990; P. diutinistylum Dutta et Chaudhuri, 1996 ; P. sacculiferum Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990 . Australasian region (1 species, see Cranston & Martin 1989): P. angustum ( Freeman, 1961) . Male diagnosis: As in Cranston et al. (1989) with the following corrections: wing length 1.0–3.3 mm; AR 1.1–3.0; frontal tubercles usually present, occasionally absent; inferior volsella bearing long setae, setae occasionally absent.

Ecology: Larvae of Paracladopelma occur in sandy substrata in rivers, streams and lakes.