Genus Parochlus Enderlein, 1912

A genus of 48 named species that occurs in all zoogeographical regions except the Afrotropical and Oriental regions and Oceania. South America is the most diverse region with 27 named species, while two species, P. crozetensis Serra-Tosio, 1986 and P. steinenii (Gercke, 1889) are known from Antarctica (Ashe & O’Connor 2009). The larvae are found mostly in torrents and mountain streams, but also in lakes (Brundin 1966; Saether & Andersen 2013).