Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Synonyms: Glutopidae Krivosheina 1971, Leptidae, Palaeostratiomyiidae Rohdendorf 1938, Palaeostratiomyiinae Rohdendorf 1938
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Tabanomorpha according to S. Shin et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1909, Evenhuis 1994, Kovalev 1981, Rohdendorf 1938 and Zhang 2013
Sister taxa: Atherhagiox, Athericidae, Bolbomyiidae, Galloatherix, Palaepangonius, Rhagionoidea, Tabanidae, Tabanoidea, Vermileonidae
Subtaxa: Chrysopilus Palaeostratiomyia Symphoromyia Xylomyia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Colorado, Montana)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Brazil (1), China (4), France (1), Jordan (1), Lebanon (3), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Jurassic of China (6), Germany (2), India (2), Kazakhstan (8), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (7)
Total: 73 collections including 121 occurrences