PaleoDB taxon number: 72092
Synonyms: Protobibionidae Rohdendorf 1946 (no. 138431), Tendipedidae (no. 287950), Tendipedinae (no. 330973)
Parent taxon: Chironomoidea according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Anisinodus, Ceratopogonidae
Subtaxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cricotopiella, Cryptochironomus, Diamesa, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Glyptotendipes, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopiina, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Protobibio, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tendipopsis, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata
Type: Chironomus
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