Arctopelopia

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| image = Arctopelopia melanosoma, Minera, North Wales, May 2017 2 (34524922901).jpg

| image_caption = Arctopelopia melanosoma

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Arctopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.{{cite journal | vauthors = Kreiling AK, Govoni DP, Pálsson S, Ólafsson JS, Kristjánsson BK | title = Invertebrate communities in springs across a gradient in thermal regimes | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 17 | issue = 5 | pages = e0264501 | date = 2022-05-05 | pmid = 35511881 | pmc = 9070909 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0264501 | bibcode = 2022PLoSO..1764501K | doi-access = free }} The adipose tissue of the larvae of species in this genus are the host of Coccospora micrococcus, a microsporidium.{{Cite journal | vauthors = Bylén EK, Larsson JR |date=1994-08-01 |title=Ultrastructural Study and Redescription of Coccospora micrococcus(Léger & Hesse, 1921) Kudo, 1925 (Microspora, Thelohaniidae), a Parasite of Midge Larvae of the Genus Arctopelopia sp. (Diptera, Chironomidae) in Sweden |journal=Archiv für Protistenkunde |language=en |volume=144 |issue=3 |pages=271–282 |doi=10.1016/S0003-9365(11)80138-7 |issn=0003-9365}}