Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959

William, R., Namayandeh, Armin & Hudson, Patrick L., 2024, Parachaetocladius lenferringtoni (Diptera: Chironomidae), a new orthoclad from North America, with keys to adult males and pupae of the Nearctic Parachaetocladius (Wülker, 1959), Zootaxa 5419 (2), pp. 245-264 : 246

Genus Parachaetocladius Wülker

Adults and immatures as diagnosed by Wülker (1959), Saether & Sublette (1983), and Namayandeh et al. (2020), with the following corrections: Adult male without virga; the posteromedial meeting point of the gonocoxites (i.e., penis cavity) with strong sclerotization; the apex of aedeagal lobes with well-developed sclerotization appearing as lateral sclerites below sternapodeme; inferior volsella blunt, lobed, or digitiform. Pupa with sensillum coeloconica located on a low mound with the lateral antepronotal; 3 short anal macrosetae (AM) which are subequal or one AM shorter than the other 2, AM may or may not bear denticles.