Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: L. C. Ferrington and O. A. Sæther. 2011. A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa 2849:1-314

Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to N. I. Zelentsov et al. 2012

See also Ferrington and Sæther 2011

Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemus, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

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