Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Alternative spelling: Tanypinae
Synonym: Pelopiinae
Full reference: F. A. A. Skuse. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI. - The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series) 4:215-312
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to E. I. Vera et al. 2023
See also Baranov and Haug 2021, Clapham 2023, Doitteau and Nel 2007, Kalugina 1986, Kieffer 1906, Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2011, Seredszus and Wichard 2007, Statz 1944, Szadziewski et al. 2018 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cricotopiella, Diamesa, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Tendipopsis, Pelopiina
Subtaxa: Anatopyniini Clinotanypodini Gurvanomyia Haematotanypus Juropelopia Libanopelopia Macropelopiini Mailonia Pentaneurini Procladiini Shinlustia Tanypodini Tanypodites Tophocladius Ziadeus
Type: Tanypus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Ontario collections), Greenland (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1), Tanzania (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Eocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Australia (1), China (1), Lebanon (4), Mongolia (5)
• Jurassic of Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 35 collections including 71 occurrences