Belongs within: Chironomidae.
The Orthocladiini are a group of midges predominantly found in cooler regions of the world.
<==OrthocladiiniG09
|--RheocricotopusG09
| |--R. effususG09
| `--R. fuscipesG09
|--SyncricotopusG09
| |--*S. rufiventris (Meigen 1830) [=Chironomus rufiventris]F61
| `--S. pluriserialis (Freeman 1959) [=Trichocladius pluriserialis]F61
|--Orthocladius Van der Wulp 1873S89
| |--O. consobrinusO81
| `--O. decoratusO81
|--BrilliaG09
| |--B. flavifronsO81
| |--B. modestaG09
| `--B. retifinisO81
`--Eukiefferiella Thienemann 1926G09, F61
|--*E. ‘longicalcar’ (Potthast 1915) [=Dactylocladius longicalcar non Kieffer 1911]F61
|--E. brevicalcarG09
|--E. clavigerF61
|--E. dittmariR86
|--E. heveliB87
|--E. hospitaF61
`--E. insolida (Skuse 1889) [=Orthocladius insolidus]F61
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B87] Boothroyd, I. K. G. 1987. Taxonomic composition and life cycles of Chironomidae (Diptera) in a northern New Zealand stream. Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 29: 15–22.
[F61] Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9 (4): 611–735.
[G09] Gerecke, R. 2009. Revisional studies on the European species of the water mite genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae). Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 566: 1–144.
[O81] Oliver, D. R. 1981. Chironomidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 423–458. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.
[R86] Reiss, F. 1986. Erster Nachtrag zur Chironomidenfauna Bayerns (Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 9 (2): 175–178.
[S89] Skuse, F. A. A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (2): 215–311, pls 11–14.