''Cladopelma'' is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily

Chironominae Chironominae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). Genera *Tribe Chironomini **''Axarus'' Roback 1980 **'' Baeotendipes'' Kieffer, 1913 **'' Beckidia'' Sæther 1979 **'' Carbochironomus'' Reiss & Kirschbaum ...

and tribe

Chironomini Chironomini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). Genera & species *Genus '' Apedilum'' Townes, 1945 **'' A. elachistus'' Townes, 1945 **'' A. subcinctum'' Townes, 1945 *Genus ''Axarus'' Roback 1980 **'' A. dorne ...

of the bloodworm family

Chironomidae The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many specie ...

. Species are distributed world-wide (Cranston et al. 1989, Yan et al. 2008), with species represented in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Sino-Indian, and Austroasian regions.

Species

*'' Cladopelma amachaerus'' (Townes, 1945) *'' Cladopelma bicarinatum'' (Brundin, 1947) *'' Cladopelma collator'' (Townes, 1945) *'' Cladopelma costum'' Yan et al. 2008 *'' Cladopelma curtivalve'' (Kieffer, 1917) *'' Cladopelma edwardsi'' (Kruseman, 1933) *'' Cladopelma forcipes'' (Rempel, 1939) *'' Cladopelma galeator'' (Townes, 1945) *'' Cladopelma goetghebueri'' Spies et Sæther 2004 *'' Cladopelma inflexum'' (Freeman, 1957) *'' Cladopelma krusemani'' (Goetghebuer, 1935) *'' Cladopelma laccophila''(Kieffer, 1922) *'' Cladopelma spectabilis'' (Townes, 1945) *'' Cladopelma subnigrum'' (Brundin, 1947) *'' Cladopelma virescens'' (Meigen, 1818) type species, by designation of Harnisch (1923) *'' Cladopelma viridulum'' (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

* Cranston P.S., M.E. Dillon, L.C.V. Pinder and F. Reiss. 1989. The adult males of Chironominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region - keys and diagnoses, p. 353-502 ''in'' Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3 Adult males. Entomologica Scandinavica (suppl.) 34: 1–532. * Yan C., Z. Jin, and X. Wang. 2008. Cladopelma Kieffer from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 1916: 44–56. Chironomidae Nematocera genera {{Chironomidae-stub