Family Milichiidae Schiner 1864 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Milichiidae
Parent taxon: Schizophora according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Cretaphormia, Ephydroidea, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Periscelididae, Poliomyia, Sciomyzoidea, Sepsidae, Sphaeroceridae, Tephritoidea, Yantaromyiidae
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