Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Synonym: Prodiamesinae Saether 1976
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Andersen et al. 2015, Azar and Nel 2010, Baranov et al. 2018, Baranov and Perkovsky 2013, Boesel 1937, Doitteau and Nel 2007, Seredszus and Wichard 2007, Statz 1944, Vera et al. 2023 and Xu et al. 2026
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Pelopiina, Tendipopsis
Subtaxa: Acutiforcipia Antillocladius Brillia Bryophaenocladius Camptocladius Chaetocladius Chasmatonotoides Corynoneura Cretadiamesa Cricotopus Flexicrus Heterotrissocladius Hydrobaenus Hydrosmittia Krenosmittia Lebanorthocladius Libanodiamesa Limnophyes Metriocnemini Metriocnemus Monodiamesa Myanmaro Orthocladius Paicheleria Parachaetocladius Parachasmatonotus Parametriocnemus Paraphaenocladius Ploegia Prodiamesa Psectrocladius Pseudochasmatonotus Pseudorthocladius Pseudosmittia Pterosis 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 (2)
• Eocene of France (1), India (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (9), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Manitoba), Lebanon (1), Myanmar (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 30 collections including 126 occurrences