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

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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

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