Family Asteiidae Rondani 1856 (fly)
Parent taxon: Schizophora according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Cretaphormia, Ephydroidea, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Milichiidae, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Periscelididae, Poliomyia, Sciomyzoidea, Sphaeroceridae, Tephritoidea, Yantaromyiidae
Subtaxa: Asteia Succinasteia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ghana (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence