Parent taxon: Diptera according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007, Evenhuis 1994, Krzemiński 1992 and Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Aemodipsus, Agromyza incerta, Agromyza protogaea, Agromyza serresi, Anisoneura, Aphis dubia, Archidiptera, Archimesotipula, Asilici, Asioculicus, Atherix exigua, Atherix saunieri, Bibio batheri, Bombylidae, Brachyopteryx, Cecidomium, Conopsariae, Coriaceae, Culicomorpha, Cyrtonotum gigas, Diarchineura, Dichaneurum, Dicranophora, Dryomyzidae, Empidia, Eoheleinae, Eopodonomus, Eudiptera, Gigantoberis, Homoeoptychopteris, Inflata, Lasioptera recessa, Mesasimulium, Muscides, Mycetobia terricola, Mycetophiloidea, Myopidae, Nematocera, Neodiptera, Neoneura, Oligoneura, Phoromorpha, Phytomyza vetusta, Polyclona, Polyneura, Rhagionides, Simulium ventricum, Siphunculata, Stratiomydae, Syrphiae, Tabanii, Themira saxifica, Tipulariae, Vinculomusca, Vinculomusca vinculata, Xylomyia shcherbakovi
Subtaxa: Deuterophlebiidae Psychodoidea Ptychopteroidea Scatopsoidea Tanyderoidea
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