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 insulatus ( Bhattacharyay & Chaudhuri, 1988 ) Description. The adult male as described by Bhattacharyay & Chaudhuri (1988) with the following additions: Abdominal tergite setation ( Fig. 7C ). Tergites I missing. Tergites II, V–VII with 5 lateral setae. Tergites III–IV with 6 latrela setae. Anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal setae in four parallel rows. Distribution. Orientals: India ( West Bengal ).