Described as
Chironomus nubifer Skuse, 1889a: p. 249
Synonymy
Chironomus (Prochironomus) tripartitus Kieffer, 1910a: p. 231
Polypedilum pelostolum Kieffer, 1912f: p. 41
Polypedilum pharao Kieffer, 1925g: p. 274
Polypedilum pruinosus Goetghebuer, 1934g: p. 37
Chironomus (Polypedilum) octoguttatus Tokunaga, 1936b: p. 83
Polypedilum aberrans Chernovskij, 1949b: p. 79
Polypedilum flavipes Kieffer, 1920b: p. 165 (a questionable synonymy)