Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to V. O. Baranov 2025
See also Ashe et al. 2024 and Seredszus and Wichard 2007
Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemini, Metriocnemus, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Pterosis, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia, Cretadiamesa, Monodiamesa, Libanodiamesa, Prodiamesa, Paicheleria
Subtaxa: Bryophaenocladius beuki Bryophaenocladius circumclusus Bryophaenocladius zealandiae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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