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) Author Namayandeh, Armin Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Author Ghaderi, Edris Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. & Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-13 5569 1 138 158 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.5 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.5 1175-5326 14703998 EA597E31-AF95-4D31-A14E-9455D6B335B1 Paracricotopus mozleyi Steiner, 1983 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 ). 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 ).