Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to E. I. Vera et al. 2023
See also Andersen et al. 2015, Baranov and Perkovsky 2013, Boesel 1937, Doitteau and Nel 2007, Seredszus and Wichard 2007 and Statz 1944
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cricotopiella, Diamesa, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Pelopiina, Tendipopsis
Subtaxa: Acutiforcipia Antillocladius Brillia Bryophaenocladius Camptocladius Chaetocladius Chasmatonotoides Corynoneura Cricotopus Flexicrus Heterotrissocladius Hydrobaenus Hydrosmittia Krenosmittia Lebanorthocladius Limnophyes Metriocnemus Myanmaro Orthocladius Parachaetocladius Parachasmatonotus Parametriocnemus Paraphaenocladius Ploegia Psectrocladius Pseudochasmatonotus Pseudorthocladius Pseudosmittia Rheosmittia Smittia Spaniotoma Spinorthocladius Tokunagaia Tokyobrillia Zalutschia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Ontario collections), Greenland (2)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Iceland (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (9), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Manitoba), Lebanon (1), Myanmar (1)
Total: 27 collections including 116 occurrences