Genus Parametriocnemus Goetghebuer, 1932

A genus of 35 named species that occur in all zoogeographical regions except Antarctica and the Neotropical region. The genus is recorded from South America based on unnamed larvae from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela (Roback & Coffman 1983; Ospina-Torres et al. 1999; Trivinho-Strixino 2011). Larvae of Parametriocnemus are found in springs and relatively fast flowing cold streams and rivers (Andersen et al. 2013).