The Commission has conserved the usage of the names orthocladiinae Kieffer, 1911 and Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874 for a well-known group of non-biting midges by designation of Chironomus oblidens Walker, 1856 as the type species.
orthocladiinae Kieffer, 1911 and Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera, chironomidae): subfamilial name conserved and type species fixed," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(3), 229-231, (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v65i3.a6