Insecta - Diptera - Strashilidae
Synonym: Vosilidae Vrsansky and Ren 2010
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1992. Strashila incredibilis, a new enigmatic mecopteroid insect with possible siphonapteran affinities from the Upper Jurassic of Siberia. Psyche 99:323-333
Parent taxon: Nematocera according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2013
See also Rasnitsyn 1992 and Vršanský et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amblylexis, Amianta, Amphipromeca, Apistogrypotes, Asiochaoboridae, Asuba, Axymyioidea, Axymyiomorpha, Bibionites, Blephariceromorpha, Bodephora, Chironomidae, Clavapartus, Culiciscolex, Cyrtomides, Dara, Elliidae, Ellipibodus, Empidocampe, Eoculex, Eopolyneuridae, Hongocaloneura, Hongocaloneuridae, Hyperpolyneuridae, Luanpingitidae, Meconeura, Mesophantasmatidae, Mesosciophilidae, Nymphomyiomorpha, Palaeoerioptera, Palaeophoridae, Paradictyodiptera, Penthetria vaillantii, Platyplecia, Plecia nigrescens, Propexis, Protendipedidae, Ptychopteromorpha, Rhopaloscolex, Sama, Serendipidae, Sphallonymphites, Tipulomorpha, Tipulopleciidae, Venapaucia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences