Described as
Chironomus tonsus Haliday in Walker, 1856a: p. 195
Synonymy
Chironomus pergens Walker, 1856a: p. 187
Chironomus pertractus Walker, 1856a: p. 188
Diamesa thienemanni Kieffer, 1909a: p. 40
Diamesa fissipes Kieffer, 1909a: p. 41
Diamesa camptoneura Kieffer, 1915d: p. 109
Diamesa semireducta Saether, 1968a: p. 457
Diamesa culicoides Heeger, 1853a: p. 10 (questionable senior synonym)