Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Synonym: Tendipedini
Parent taxon: Chironominae according to V. A. Baranov and J. T. Haug 2021
See also Clapham 2023 and Doitteau and Nel 2007
Sister taxa: Asiatendipini, Bythomyia, Cladopelma, Frutexitendipini, Fushunitendipini, Hamicaudini, Lacusitendipini, Longicopulini, Phaenopsectra, Pseudochironomini, Tanytarsini
Subtaxa: Axarus Chironomus Cryptochironomus Endochironomus Glyptotendipes Hintelmanniella Paratendipes Prolipiniella
Type: Chironomus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (2: Ontario), France (1), Greenland (5), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wisconsin)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Germany (3), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (4), Germany (3)
• Eocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (11: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 45 collections including 90 occurrences