Belongs within: Chironomidae.
The Procladiini are a group of non-biting midges characterised by wings with a long stem to the cubital fork, at least half as long as CuA2, with the cubital fork being distal to crossvein m-cu.
<==ProcladiiniSA09 |--Djalmabatista pulchraSA09 |--Laurotanypus travassosi Oliveira, Messias & da Silva-Vasconcelos 1992SA09 `--Procladius Skuse 1889S89 | i. s.: P. freemaniO81 |--P. (Procladius)SA09 | |--*P. (P.) paludicola Skuse 1889 (see below for synonymy)F61 | |--P. (P.) mozambiqueSA09 | |--P. (P.) squamifer Freeman 1961F61 | `--P. (P.) villosimanus Kieffer 1917 (see below for synonymy)F61 |--P. (Holotanypus) culiciformisSA09 `--P. (Psilotanypus Kieffer 1906)SA09, F61 |--P. (P.) bellusSA09 |--P. (P.) etatus Roback 1982SA09 `--P. (P.) stroudi Roback 1982SA09
*Procladius (Procladius) paludicola Skuse 1889 [incl. P. pentastictus Kieffer 1917, P. pictipennis Skuse 1889, Trichotanypus subglaber Kieffer 1917]F61
Procladius (Procladius) villosimanus Kieffer 1917 [incl. P. australiensis Kieffer 1917, P. australiensis var. bipunctatus Kieffer 1917]F61
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[F61] Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9 (4): 611–735.
[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.
[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.
[SA09] Spies, M., T. Andersen, J. H. Epler & C. N. Watson Jr. 2009. Chironomidae (non-biting midges). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 437–480. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.