Subfamily Pipunculinae Walker 1834 (big-headed fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae
Full reference: F. L. Walker. 1834. Observations on the British species of Pipunculidae. The Entomological Magazine 2:262-270
Parent taxon: Pipunculidae according to B. Motamedinia et al. 2022
See also Archibald et al. 2014 and De Meyer 1995
Sister taxa: Chalarinae, Nephrocerinae, Protonephrocerinae
Subtaxa: Pipunculini Tomosvaryellini
Type: Pipunculus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences