Described as
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934a: p. 38
Type species: Orthocladius muscicola Kieffer, 1906
Subgenus
Odontocladius Albu, 1974a: p. 9 (invalid, no type species)
Type species: Bryophaenocladius niger Albu, 1974 (given as nigrus, designation and validation of subgenus Tatole, 1993a)
Synonymy
Cantomyia Roback, 1962a: p. 5; Type species: Cantomyia cara Roback, 1962 (not Palaearctic)
Clinocladius Sublette, 1970a: p. 50; Type species: Orthocladius (Orthocladius) subparallelus Malloch, 1915 (not Palaearctic)
Platycladius Sublette, 1970a: p. 82; Type species: Orthocladius (Dactylocladius) pleuralis Malloch, 1915 (not Palaearctic)
Codes
1892603000 [IAWM-code]
BRPHAESP [Dutch-lettercode]