Subfamily of flies
Metriocnemus picipes Cricotopus sp., male on grass.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
Aagaardia Sæther , 1985Abiskomyia Edwards , 1937Acamptocladius Brundin, 1956 Acricotopus Kieffer , 1921Antillocladius Sæther , 1981Apometriocnemus Sæther , 1984Austrobrillia Freeman, 1961 Baeoctenus Sæther , 1976Belgica Jacobs , 1900Boreosmittia Tuiskunen, 1986 Brillia Kieffer , 1913Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 Camptocladius van der Wulp, 1874 Cardiocladius Kieffer , 1912Chaetocladius Kieffer , 1911Chasmatonotus Clunio Haliday, 1855 Compterosmittia Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846 Corynoneurella Brundin, 1949 Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874 Diplocladius Kieffer , 1908Diplosmittia Doithrix Doncricotopus Epoicocladius Sulc & ZavÍel, 1924 Eretmoptera Eufiefferiella Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926 Eurycnemus van der Wulp, 1874 Euryhapsis Oliver, 1981 Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 Gravatamberus Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932 Gynocladius Mendes, Sæther & Andrade-Morraye, 2005 Halocladius Hirvenoja, 1973 Hanocladius Heleniella Gouin, 1943 Heterotanytarsus Spärck, 1923 Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 1923 Hydrobaenus Ichthyocladius Fittkau , 1974Irisobrillia Krenosmittia Thienemann & Krüger, 1939 Labrundinia Fittkau , 1962Lerheimia Andersen & Sæther, 1993 Limnophyes Eaton, 1875 Lipurometriocnemus Litocladius Andersen, Mendes & Sæther , 2004 Lopescladius Lyrocladius Mendes & Andersen, 2008 Mesocricotopus Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956 Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874 Nanocladius Kieffer , 1913Oliveridia Sæther , 1980Onconeura 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 Sæther , 1982Plhudsonia Psectrocladius Kieffer , 1906Pseudokiefferiella Zavrel, 1941 Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1932 Pseudosmittia Goetghebuer, 1932 Psilometriocnemus Sæther , 1969Qiniella 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 , 1909Thienemanniella Kieffer , 1911Tokunagaia Sæther , 1973Trissocladius Kieffer , 1908Tvetenia Kieffer , 1922Unniella Sæther , 1982Vivacricotopus Xylotopus Zalutschia Lipina, 1939
References
^ Halvorsen, Godtfred A. (1982). "Saetheriella amplicristata gen. n., sp. n., a new Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Tennessee". Aquatic Insects . 4 (3). Taylor & Francis: 131– 136. doi :10.1080/01650428209361098 . ISSN 1744-4152 .
