Orthocladiinae

Orthocladiinae
Orthocladiinae
Head of an Acricotopus longipalpus larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Genera

Numerous, see text

Orthocladiinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). For lack of a better common name, they are simply referred to as orthoclads.

Genera

  • Mesocricotopus
  • Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956
  • Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
  • Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913
  • Oliveridia Sæther, 1980
  • Onconeura
  • Oreadomyia
  • Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874
  • Parachaetocladius
  • Paracladius Hirvenoja, 1973
  • Paracricotopus Thienemann & Harnisch, 1932
  • Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
  • Paralauterborniella
  • Paralimnophyes Brundin, 1956
  • Parametriocnemus Goetghebuer, 1932
  • Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 1924
  • Parasmittia
  • Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1942
  • Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 1937
  • Parorthocladius Thienemann, 1935
  • Platysmittia Saether, 1982
  • Plhudsonia
  • Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906
  • Pseudokiefferiella Zavrel, 1941
  • Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1932
  • Pseudosmittia Goetghebuer, 1932
  • Psilometriocnemus Sæther, 1969
  • Qiniella Wang & Sæther, 1998
  • Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956
  • Rheosmittia Brundin, 1956
  • Saetheriella Halvorsen, 1982[1]
  • Semiocladius
  • Smittia Holmgren, 1869
  • Stackelbergina
  • Stilocladius Rossaro, 1979
  • Symbiocladius
  • Synorthocladius Thienemann, 1935
  • Thalassosmittia Strenzke & Remmert, 1957
  • Thienemannia Kieffer, 1909
  • Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1911
  • Tokunagaia Sæther, 1973
  • Trissocladius Kieffer, 1908
  • Tvetenia Kieffer, 1922
  • Unniella Sæther, 1982
  • Vivacricotopus
  • Xylotopus
  • Zalutschia Lipina, 1939

References

  1. ^ Halvorsen, Godtfred A. (1982). "Saetheriella amplicristata gen. n., sp. n., a new Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Tennessee". Aquatic Insects, International Journal of Freshwater Entomology (Taylor & Francis) 4 (3): 131–136. doi:10.1080/01650428209361098. ISSN 1744-4152.