Baeoctenus

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Taxobox

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Diptera

| familia = Chironomidae

| subfamilia = Orthocladiinae

| genus = Baeoctenus

| genus_authority = Sæther, 1976

| type_species = Baeoctenus bicolor

| type_species_authority = Sæther, 1976

}}

Baeoctenus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family. The larvae in their third instar invade the gills of mussels.{{cite journal |last1=Funk |first1=David Harley |last2=Roberts |first2=Sherman |last3=Graham |first3=Alan |title=Oviposition behavior and host records for the parasitic midge Trichochilus lacteipennis (Johannsen) (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) |journal=CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research |date=7 February 2018 |issue=31 |pages=37–42 |doi=10.5324/cjcr.v0i31.2436 |url=https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/2436/2315}}