Described as
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874a: p. 132
Type species: Chironomus tibialis Meigen, 1804 (des. Coquillett, 1910a: p. 528)
Subgenera
Isocladius Kieffer, 1909a: p. 44; Type species: Isocladius albipes Kieffer, 1909 {= Tipula sylvestris Fabricius, 1794}
Maurius Lehmann, 1981a: p. 17 (as subgenus); Type species: Cricotopus kisantuensis Goetghebuer, 1934 (not Palaearctic)
Nostocladius Ashe and Murray, 1980a: p. 105 (as subgenus); Type species: Cricotopus lygropis Edwards, 1929
Synonymy (of subgenus Isocladius)
Eucricotopus Thienemann, 1936b: p. 200; Type species: Cricotopus brevipalpis Kieffer, 1909
Codes
1892609000 [IAWM-code]
CRICOTSP [Dutch-lettercode]