Family Micropezidae Loew 1862 (stilt-legged fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Micropezidae
Full reference: H. Loew. 1862. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6:1-221
Parent taxon: Nerioidea according to O. Lonsdale 2020
See also Carpenter 1992 and Wiegmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Cypselosomatidae, Neriidae, Pseudopomyzidae, Tanypezidae
Subtaxa: Calobatinae Cypselosomatites Electrobata Micropezinae Trepidariinae
Type: Micropeza
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences