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 EA597E31-AF95-4D31-A14E-9455D6B335B1 Paracricotopus Brundin, 1956 Generic diagnosis. As diagnosed by Thienemann & Harnisch (1932) and Saether (1980b) with the following additions and corrections: Imago. Adult with varying colored haltere, pale to dark; tergites with 2 or more lateral setae, tergite I with anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal setae in parallel diagonal rows, tergites II–VIII with anterior basal setae, and posterior marginal setae in two or more parallel or slightly diagonal rows; sternites III–VIII with two or more parallel or slightly diagonal rows of basal and marginal setae; adult male gonostylus with conspicuous to inconspicuous preapical crista dorsalis. Larva. Premandible with mesal spiny projection.