Paracladopelma nigritulum (Goetghebuer)

Chironomus (Cryptochironomus) nigritulus Goetghebuer, 1942: 3 .

Paracladopelma nigritula (Goetghebuer); Lenz (1959: 440); Jackson (1977: 1330); Makarchenko et al. (2005: 411). Paracladopelma nigritulum (Goetghebuer); Spies and Saether (2004: 12); Zorina (2006: 40). Chironomus (Chironomus) claripennis Edwards, 1929: 387 .

Tendipes (Cryptochironomus) claripennis (Edwards); Goetghebuer (1937 –1954: 35). Paracladopelma obscura Brundin, 1949: 763; Reiss (1968: 203); Pinder (1978: 132).

The species is described in detail by Jackson (1977: 1330, fig. 1) and Zorina (2006: 40, figs 20–21). For diagnostic characters see key.

Distribution. The species has a Palaearctic distribution. In the Sino-Indian Region the species is recorded from the Russian Far East.