Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Alternative spelling: Orthocladius (Psectrocladius)
Full reference: J. J. Kieffer. 1906. Diptera, Fam. Chironomidae. Genera Insectorum 42:1-78
Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to F. Seredszus and W. Wichard 2007
See also Kieffer 1906
Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemus, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia
Subtaxa: Psectrocladius trigonatus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Ontario collections), Greenland (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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