Described as
Chironomus glaucus Meigen, 1818a: p. 27
Synonymy
Chironomus obscuripes Meigen, 1830a: p. 244
Tendipes ripicola Kieffer, 1913b: p. 279
Chironomus norderneyanus Kieffer, 1913c: p. 21
Tendipes flavipalpis Kieffer, 1913d: p. 43
Chironomus brevifilis Kieffer, 1915b: p. 75
Chironomus brevifilis var. inclusus Kieffer, 1915b: p. 76
Glyptotendipes abstrusus Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916a: p. 529
Glyptotendipes glaucus f. pallipes Kruseman, 1933a: p. 148