Family Pipunculidae Walker 1834 (big-headed fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae
Full reference: F. L. Walker. 1834. Observations on the British species of Pipunculidae. The Entomological Magazine 2:262-270
Parent taxon: Cyclorrhapha according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Lonchopteroidea, Phoroidea, Platypezoidea, Schizophora, Syrphidae, Syrphoidea
Subtaxa: Chalarinae Nephrocerinae Pipunculinae Protonephrocerinae
Type: Pipunculus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (5), United States (2: Colorado, Washington)
Total: 9 collections including 15 occurrences