Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae
Synonym: Clythiidae
Parent taxon: Platypezoidea according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Statz 1940 and Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Ironomyiidae, Lithopetia, Opetiala, Opetiidae, Phoridae
Subtaxa: Agathomyia Burmapeza Callomyia Calvopeza Canadopeza Chandleromyia Electrosania Lebanopeza Lindneromyia Mecistoneuron Mesopetia Microsania Oppenheimiella Platypezininae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (5: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Lebanon (2), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (9), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 25 collections including 40 occurrences