Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: J. E. Sublette and W. W. Wirth. 1980. The Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of New Zealand's subantarctic islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7:299-378

Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to V. O. Baranov 2025

See also Sublette and Wirth 1980

Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, 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, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia

Subtaxa: Pterosis extinctus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Pomahaka amber (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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