Insecta - Diptera - Milichiidae
Parent taxon: Schizophora according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Anthomyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Cretaphormia, Diopsidae, Ephydroidea, Heleomyzidae, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Nerioidea, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Poliomyia, Psilidae, Sciomyzoidea, Sepsidae, Sphaeroceridae, Tanypezidae, Tephritoidea
Subtaxa: Madizinae Milichiinae Pholeomyia Phyllomyzinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections), Mexico (2)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 8 collections including 13 occurrences