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
Sister taxa: Atherhagiox, Athericidae, Bolbomyiidae, Galloatherix, Palaepangonius, Rhagionidae, Rhagionoidea, Tabanoidea, Vermileonidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Tabanus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Germany (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (2), Mexico (1)
• Oligocene of Brazil (1), France (3), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Colorado)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4), China (2), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 37 collections including 45 occurrences