Synorthocladius

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| taxon = Synorthocladius

| authority = Thienemann, 1935

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Synorthocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Yuedan |last2=Wang |first2=Xinhua H. |date=2005-10-04 |title=Synorthocladius Thienemann from China, with a review of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) |url=https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1057.1.3 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1057 |issue=1 |pages=51 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1057.1.3 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}