Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: M. Goetghebuer. 1940. Taxonomic names, in Subfamilie Orthocladiinae. Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region 13g. Tendipedidae-Orthocladiinae 1-24
Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to V. O. Baranov 2025
See also Goetghebuer 1940
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, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Pterosis, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia, Prodiamesa, Monodiamesa, Libanodiamesa, Cretadiamesa, Paicheleria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pomahaka amber (Oligocene of New Zealand)