Paracricotopus

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| taxon = Paracricotopus

| authority = Brundin, 1956

| synonyms = Paracricotopus Thienemann & Harnisch, 1932

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Paracricotopus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).{{Cite journal |last=Namayandeh |first=Armin |last2=Ghaderi |first2=Edris |date=2025-01-13 |title=A review of Paracricotopus (Brundin, 1947), with the description of two new species and redescription of the adult males of Paracricotopus niger (Kieffer, 1913) and Paracricotopus uliginosus (Brundin, 1947) sensu Sæther (1980) (Chironomidae: Diptera) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5569.1.5 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=5569 |issue=1 |pages=138–158 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.5 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}