Described as
Parachironomus Lenz, 1921a: p. 160
Type species: Chironomus cryptotomus Kieffer, 1915b: p. 78 (des. Townes, 1945a: p. 152)
Synonymy
Kribiocryptus Kieffer, 1921d: p. 270; Type species: Kribiocryptus flaviventris Kieffer, 1921 (des. Townes, 1945a: p. 152)
Nilomyia Kieffer, 1921d: p. 270; Type species: Nilomyia aculeata Kieffer, 1921
Dychironomus Lenz, 1941b: p. 35 (as subgenus of Cryptochironomus); Type species: Chironomus biannulatus Staeger, 1839
Paraharnischia Lenz, 1941b: p. 36 (as subgenus of Cryptochironomus); Type species: Cryptochironomus bacilliger Kieffer, 1922 {= Chironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915}
Codes
1892725000 [IAWM-code]
PACHIRSP [Dutch-lettercode]