Acricotopus

Acricotopus
Head of an Acricotopus longipalpus larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Acricotopus
Kieffer, 1921

Acricotopus is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

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