Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024

See also Seredszus and Wichard 2007

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

Subtaxa: Krenosmittia paleofontana

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Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Zoologische Staatsammlung, Munich) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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