An identification guide to the genera of aquatic larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of south-east Asia Author Cranston, Peter S. Evolution & Ecology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Author Tang, Hongqu Research Centre of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P. R. China text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-23 5497 2 151 193 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.1 journal article 302007 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.1 bca694a8-4015-4447-92ef-7f5b5b817d51 1175-5326 13618241 00B749E1-6499-49FC-81EE-87C5FB190195 Podonominae : genera The subfamily Podonominae is amphitropical, with highest representation in the austral south and temperate northern hemisphere. Two genera, each with one described sp., occur in oriental China : if tribes are warranted both would belong to Boreochlini . 1 Posterior body with 2 setae anterior to anal tubules; procercus with 8 anal setae ( Fig. 13A )..... Paraboreochlus Thienemann [lotic, P. okinawanus Kobayashi & Kuranishi , oriental China ( Guangdong ), Korea ; Japan ( Okinawa ); Holarctic] 1’ No such setae anterior to anal tubules; procercus with 5 anal setae ( Fig. 13B )..................... .. Boreochlus Edwards [lotic, B. burmanicus Brundin , B. malaisei Brundin , Burma ( Brundin 1966 ); B. thienemanni , oriental China ( Guangdong ); Japan , Holarctic].