Described as
Stenochironomus Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1919a: p. 44
Type species: Tipula flexilis : Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Lenz, 1937a: p. 12 nec Linnaeus, 1767 {= Tipula gibbus Fabricius, 1794}
Subgenus
Petalopholeus Borkent, 1984a: p. 92; Type species: Stenochironomus cinctus Townes, 1945a: p. 87 (not Palaearctic)
Codes
1892735000 [IAWM-code]
STNOCHSP [Dutch-lettercode]