Described as
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913g: p. 23
Type species: Dicrotendipes pictipennis Kieffer, 1913 (nec Chironomus pictipennis Philippi, 1865, when both in Chironomus, and invalid under ICZN Art. 59(b) as being replaced as a junior homonym before 1961. See Epler, 1988a; Contreras-Lichtenberg, 1986a; next available name: Polypedilum quatuordecimpunctatum Goetghebuer, 1936 = Chironomus pilosimanus Kieffer, 1914).
Synonymy
Limnochironomus Kieffer, 1920b: p. 166; Type species: Tendipes falciformis Kieffer, 1912 (= Chironomus nervosus Staeger, 1839)
Calochironomus Kieffer, 1921d: p. 274; Type species: Calochironomus fusconotatum Kieffer, 1922
Sernowia Aristovskaya, 1935a: p. 149; no Type species (nomen dubium)
Limnotendipes Lenz, 1937a: p. 6; Type species: Chironomus (Limnochironomus) flexus Johannsen, 1932
Cladotendipes Lenz, 1937a: p. 7; Type species: Chironomus inferior Johannsen, 1932
Dicranotendipes Kruseman, 1949a: p. 254 (misspelling)
Kimius Ree, 1981a: p. 217; Type species: Kimius hoonsooi Ree, 1981 (= Limnochironomus niveicauda Kieffer, 1921)
Codes
1892709000 [IAWM-code]
DITENDSP [Dutch-lettercode]