Described as
Paratrissocladius Zavrel, 1937a: p. 10 (as subgenus of Trissocladius)
Type species: Trissocladius fluviatilis Goetghebuer in Zavrel, 1937 {= Chironomus excerptus Walker, 1856}
Synonymy
Parachaetocladius Freeman, 1964a: p. 150 nec Wülker, 1959; Type species: Chironomus excerptus Walker, 1856