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

Chironominae Chironominae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (biology), family (Chironomidae). Genera *Tribe Chironomini **''Axarus'' Roback 1980 **''Baeotendipes'' Jean-Jacques Kieffer, Kieffer, 1913 **''Beckidia'' Ole A. Sæther, Sæth ...

and tribe Chironomini of the bloodworm family

Chironomidae Chironomidae , commonly known as non-biting midges or chironomids , are a family of Nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the families Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Although many chironomid ...

. 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 Taxa named by Jean-Jacques Kieffer {{Chironomidae-stub