Author: Kieffer, 1912
Diagnosis
Generic diagnosis, ecology and distribution: Pinder and Reiss, 1986a (p. 345-347, Fig. 10.60-10.64).
For a link to the Key and diagnostic characters: Page 300: Chironomini 197 Polypedilum
Distribution
Genus Polypedilum: Cosmopolitan.
Subgenus Uresipedilum: Cosmopolitan.
Recent revisions
Oyewo and Saether, 1998a (subgenus Uresipedilum, subgeneric diagnoses male, pupa, larva; key to male adults only).
Saether and Sundal, 1999a (genus Polypedilum, subgenera and species groups).
Bjørlo et al., 2000a (subgenus Tripodura).