Family Cryptochetidae Brues and Melander 1932
Insecta - Diptera - Cryptochetidae
Alternative spelling: Cryptochaetidae
Full reference: C. T. Brues and A. L. Melander. 1932. Classification of insects. A key to the known families of insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 73:1-672
Parent taxon: Ephydroidea according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Camillidae, Campichoetidae, Curtonotidae, Diastatidae, Drosophilidae, Ephydridae
Subtaxa: Phanerochaetum
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence