Described as
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874a: p. 136
Type species: Chironomus albolineatus Meigen, 1818 (des. Coquillett, 1910a: p. 569)
Subgenus
Inermipupa Langton and Cobo, 1997a: p. 263 (as subgenus)
Type species: Metriocnemus (Inermipupa) carmencitabertarum Langton and Cobo, 1997
Synonymy (of subgenus Metriocnemus)
Chasmatocladius Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1919a: p 47; Type species: Chironomus eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Wulpiella Kieffer, 1899a: p. 66; Type species: Wulpiella scirpi Kieffer, 1899
Dolichoprymna Lundström, 1915a: p. 21; Type Species: Smittia longipennis Holmgren, 1883
Arctomyia Lundström, 1915a: p. 18 (a questionable synonymy); Type species: Arctomyia siberica Lundström, 1915
Gripekovenia Kieffer, 1918b: p. 134 (a questionable synonymy); Type species: Gripekovenia tristis Kieffer, 1918
Codes
1892624000 [IAWM-code]
MEOCNESP [Dutch-lettercode]