Arctopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.[1] The adipose tissue of the larvae of species in this genus are the host of Coccospora micrococcus, a microsporidium.[2]

Arctopelopia
Arctopelopia melanosoma
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Arctopelopia

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  1. ^ Kreiling AK, Govoni DP, Pálsson S, Ólafsson JS, Kristjánsson BK (2022-05-05). "Invertebrate communities in springs across a gradient in thermal regimes". PLOS ONE. 17 (5): e0264501. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1764501K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264501. PMC 9070909. PMID 35511881.
  2. ^ Bylén EK, Larsson JR (1994-08-01). "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". Archiv für Protistenkunde. 144 (3): 271–282. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(11)80138-7. ISSN 0003-9365.