Parochlus Enderlein, 1912

Namayandeh, Armin, Hudson, Patrick L., Bogan, Daniel L. & Hudson, John P., 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Alaska, USA, with descriptions of new species and a checklist, Zootaxa 5511 (1), pp. 1-95 : 41

Parochlus Enderlein, 1912

Larvae of this genus inhabit cool springs and streams ( Saether &Andersen, 2013).A single species, Parochlus kiefferi , is known from the Holarctic ( Garrett 1925). However, molecular data obtained through analysis of cytochrome oxidase I sequences suggests that Nearctic and Palearctic populations are genetically distinct ( Cranston et al. 2010). Adults of P. kiefferi were collected by car-top trap along Highway 3 between Anchorage and Fairbanks and along Highway 1 between Anchorage and Susitna Lake ( Wirth & Sublette 1970); no dates were given for these collections. Thompson & Epler (2009) collected a female of P. kiefferi in mid-June on Attu Island. We collected P. kiefferi pupae from a first-order intermittent stream near Lena Point in mid-July and Little Rabbit Creek in Anchorage in late May. An adult Parochlus was collected, and DNA barcoded by Bowser et al. (2020) from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge ( Arctos 2023). We collected a Parochlus larva from a tributary to Geikie Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.