Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Mycetophilidae according to V. Bouju et al. 2021
See also Camier and Nel 2020, Johannsen 1909, Lewis 1969, Matile 1989, Oliveira and Amorim 2021 and Rindal et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Archaeboletina, Arcicornia, Armbrusteleia, Atalosciophila, Austrolocymmerus, Bibio marmoratus, Bivalvula, Cenomycetophila, Chenosciaritis, Dianepsia, Dongbeimyceta, Eomyceta, Eomycetinae, Eomycetini, Eosciaritis, Eosciophila, Fungivorites problematicum, Fushunoboleta, Fushunosciaritis, Gnoristinae, Heterotricha, Huaxiasciophilites, Huosciaritis, Leiinae, Liaoxifungivora, Mesosciophilites, Microntos, Mycetophaetinae, Mycomyinae, Pachyneurinae, Palaeoanaclinia, Proleia, Promycetomyia, Proneoglaphyroptera, Prophthinia, Rubsaameniella, Sciophilinae, Sciophilopsis, Scudderiella, Tetragoneurinae, Thimna, Recticorninae, Huaxiasciaritinae, Solosciaritinae, Fungivorinae
Subtaxa: Exechiini Exechiites Mycetophilini Mycetophilites Proallodia Prodelopsis Proepicypta Prophronia Protrichonta Rhymosia Sackenia
Type: Mycetophila
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of Croatia (3), Ethiopia (1), Germany (2), Mexico (2), Spain (2), United States (1: Idaho)
• Oligocene of France (11), Germany (4), United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Bulgaria (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 45 collections including 106 occurrences