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

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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

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