Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Chioneinae according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 2012
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992 and Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Burmoptera, Cheilotrichia, Gonomyia, Gonomyiini, Gymnastes, Idiocera, Ilisia, Pseudoerioptera, Rhabdomastix, Styringomyia, Symplecta, Tasiocera, Macalpina, Eriopterini, Molophilini, Gnophomyia
Subtaxa: Erioptera (Erioptera) Erioptera (Mesocyphona) Erioptera danae Erioptera fasciipennis Erioptera lutea Erioptera oligocaenica Erioptera pagasti
Type: Erioptera lutea
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (4)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences
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