Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Nematocera > Infraorder Culicomorpha > Superfamily Chironomoidea > Family Chironomidae > Subfamily Chironominae > Tribe Chironomini > Genus Polypedilum

Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer, 1913

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polypedilum*	Kieffer, 1912	accepted genus name
*Asheum*	Sublette & Sublette, 1983	generic synonym
*Cerobregma*	Saether & Sundal, 1999	generic synonym
*Kribiocharis*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Kribionympha*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Kribiophilus*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Kribiotima*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Pedionomus*	Sublette, 1964	generic synonym
*Pentapedilum*	Kieffer, 1913	generic synonym
*Pentapelma*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Propedilum*	Lenz, 1937	generic synonym
*Rosenia*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Tripedilum*	Kieffer, 1921	generic synonym
*Tripodura*	Townes, 1945	generic synonym
*Uresipedilum*	Sasa & Okazawa, 1991	generic synonym
*Uresipedilum*	Oyewo & Saether, 1998	generic synonym
*Uresipedilum*	Sasa & Kikuchi, 1995	generic synonym

Children

Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) exsectum (Kieffer, 1916)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) hirtiforceps (Kieffer, 1926)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) mellense (Goetghebuer, 1942)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nubens (Edwards, 1929)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) scirpicola (Kieffer, 1921)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens (van der Wulp, 1875)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) tritum (Walker, 1856)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) wittei (Freeman, 1955)