Orthocladiinae, Kieffer, 1911

Namayandeh, Armin, Hudson, Patrick L., Bogan, Daniel L. & Hudson, John P., 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Alaska, USA, with descriptions of new species and a checklist, Zootaxa 5511 (1), pp. 1-95 : 52

Subfamily Orthocladiinae

This subfamily contains the most genera (53) and species of (211) chironomids in Alaska. This is not unusual since the subfamily is the largest subfamily of Chironomidae worldwide ( Ashe & O’Connor 2012). The bioregion with the most species records found was the Southeastern, which is where most of our collections were concentrated. Larvae in this subfamily are found in a wide variety of habitats ranging from terrestrial, seeps, springs, streams/ rivers, small ponds to large lakes, and coastal marine areas ( Epler 2001).