Parent taxon: Diptera according to E. I. Vera et al. 2023
See also Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Hao and Ren 2009, Poinar 2010, Tillyard 1933, Whalley 1985, Yeates et al. 2007, Zeuner 1941 and Zhang 2007
Sister taxa: Aemodipsus, Agromyza incerta, Agromyza protogaea, Agromyza serresi, Anisoneura, Aphis dubia, Archidiptera, Archimesotipula, Asilici, Asioculicus, Atherix exigua, Atherix saunieri, Bibio batheri, Bombylidae, Brachyopteryx, Cecidomium, Conopsariae, Coriaceae, Culicomorpha, Cyrtonotum gigas, Diarchineura, Dichaneurum, Dicranophora, Dryomyzidae, Empidia, Eoheleinae, Eopodonomus, Eudiptera, Gigantoberis, Homoeoptychopteris, Inflata, Lasioptera recessa, Mesasimulium, Muscides, Mycetobia terricola, Mycetophiloidea, Myopidae, Neodiptera, Neoneura, Oligoneura, Phoromorpha, Phytomyza vetusta, Polyclona, Polyneura, Psychodomorpha, Rhagionides, Simulium ventricum, Siphunculata, Stratiomydae, Syrphiae, Tabanii, Tipulariae, Vinculomusca, Vinculomusca vinculata, Xylomyia shcherbakovi
Subtaxa: Amblylexis Amianta Amphipromeca Apistogrypotes Asiochaoboridae Asuba Axymyioidea Axymyiomorpha Bibionites Blephariceromorpha Bodephora Clavapartus Culiciscolex Cyrtomides Dara Elliidae Ellipibodus Empidocampe Eoculex Eopolyneuridae Hongocaloneura Hongocaloneuridae Hyperpolyneuridae Meconeura Mesophantasmatidae Mesosciophilidae Nymphomyiomorpha Palaeoerioptera Palaeophoridae Paradictyodiptera Penthetria vaillantii Platyplecia Plecia nigrescens Propexis Protendipedidae Ptychopteromorpha Rhopaloscolex Sama Serendipidae Sphallonymphites Strashilidae Tipulomorpha Tipulopleciidae Venapaucia
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