Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Synonyms: Luanpingitidae Zhang 1986, Luanpingitinae Zhang 1986
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Ansorge 1996, Ansorge 1999, Kalugina 1985, Lukashevich 2020, Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2011, Pape et al. 2011, Seredszus and Wichard 2007 and Zhang 1986
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Alitendipes, Amberaspinus, Aphroteniinae, Asiatendipes, Asuba, Beifangitendipes, Bibionites, Buchonomyiinae, Bythomyia, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Clavicornius, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Polypedilum, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Tendipopsis, Pelopiina
Subtaxa: Burmochlus Gilkania Glushkovella Lasiodiamesa Luanpingites Oryctochlus Palaeoboreochlus Paraboreochlus Podonomius
Type: Podonomius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Australia (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (13)
Total: 29 collections including 49 occurrences