Described as
Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913g: p. 31
Type species: Nanocladius vitellinus Kieffer, 1913g: p. 31 (not Palaearctic)
Subgenus
Plecopterocoluthus Steffan, 1965a: p. 1330 (considered a subgenus by Saether, 1977a); Type species: Plecopteracoluthus downesi Steffan, 1965 (not Palaearctic)
Synonymy
Microcricotopus Thienemann and Harnisch, 1932a: p. 137; Type species: Cricotopus albicornis Goetghebuer, 1921 (des. Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Lenz, 1944a: p. 114) {= Chironomus bicolor Zetterstedt, 1838}
Codes
1892625000 [IAWM-code]
NANOCLSP [Dutch-lettercode]