''Cricotopus'' is a genus of non-biting midges in the

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Orthocladiinae Orthocladiinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. ...

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Chironomidae The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many specie ...

Species

*'' C. annulator'' Goetghebuer, 1927 *'' C. arcuatus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. beckeri'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. bicinctus'' ( Meigen, 1818) *'' C. brevipalpis'' Kieffer, 1909 *'' C. caducus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. coronatus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. cumulatus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. curtus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. cylindraceus'' ( Kieffer, 1908) *'' C. debilis'' ( Williston, 1896) *'' C. dobroginus'' Albu, 1964 *''

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'' Johannsen, 1943 *'' C. ephippium'' ( Zetterstedt, 1838) *'' C. festivellus'' ( Kieffer, 1906) *'' C. flavocinctus'' ( Kieffer, 1924) *'' C. fuscus'' ( Kieffer, 1909) *'' C. gelidus'' ( Kieffer, 1922) *'' C. glacialis''

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, 1922 *'' C. guttatus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. intersectus'' ( Staeger, 1839) *'' C. laetus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. laricomalis''

, 1932 *'' C. lestralis'' (

, 1924) *'' C. levantinus'' Moubayed & Hirvenoja, 1986 *'' C. lygropis''

, 1929 *'' C. magus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. maurii'' Spies & Sæther, 2004 *'' C. nevadensis'' Casas & Vilchez-Quero, 1992 *'' C. obnixus'' (

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, 1856) *'' C. obtusus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. ornatus'' ( Meigen, 1818) *'' C. pallidipes''

, 1929 *'' C. patens'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. perniger'' ( Zetterstedt, 1850) *'' C. pilicauda'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. pilidorsum'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. pilitarsis'' ( Zetterstedt, 1850) *'' C. pilosellus'' Brundin, 1956 *'' C. pirifer'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. polaris'' Kieffer, 1926 *'' C. pulchripes'' Verrall, 1912 *'' C. reductus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. relucens'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. reversus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. septentrionalis'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. similis'' Goetghebuer, 1921 *'' C. slossonae'' Malloch, 1915 *'' C. speciosus'' Goetghebuer, 1921 *'' C. suspiciosus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. sylvestris'' ( Fabricius, 1794) *'' C. tibialis'' ( Meigen, 1804) *'' C. tremulus'' (

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) *'' C. triannulatus'' ( Macquart, 1826) *'' C. tricinctus'' ( Meigen, 1818) *'' C. trifascia''

, 1929 *'' C. trifasciatus'' ( Meigen, 1810) *'' C. tristis'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. vierriensis'' Goetghebuer, 1935 *'' C. villosus'' Hirvenoja, 1973 *'' C. zavreli'' Szadziewski & Hirvenoja, 1981

References

* Revision der gattung Cricotopus van der Wulp und ihrer Verwandten (Diptera, Chironomidae). M Hirvenoja, 1973

External links

''Cricotopus'' at insectoid.info
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