Full reference: G. J. Billberg. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gust. Joh. Billberg 1-138
Parent taxon: Sciaridae according to S. Shin et al. 2019
See also Shin et al. 2013 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Archicratyna, Bradysiopsis, Chaetosciarinae, Cratyninae, Eosciarites, Lycoriella, Megalosphyinae, Protolycoriella, Protosciara, Pseudosciara, Sciara lacoei, Sciara morosa, Succinosciara, Lycoriinae
Subtaxa: Leptosciarella Mixosciaritis Sciara Trichosia
Type: Sciara
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), China (2), Croatia (2), the Czech Republic (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (2), Japan (1), Mexico (2), United States (1: Idaho)
• Oligocene of France (7), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), France (2), Germany (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 45 collections including 151 occurrences