Family Atelestidae Hennig 1970 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Parent taxon: Empidoidea according to D. Badano et al. 2023
See also Shin et al. 2018, Sinclair and Cumming 2006, Sinclair and Kirk-Spriggs 2010, Wahlberg and Johanson 2018, Wiegmann et al. 2011 and Zhang and Xie 2020
Sister taxa: Dolichopodidae, Ecommocydromia, Empididae, Hybotidae, Megeana, Ragadidae
Subtaxa: Atelestinae Nemedininae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta, Manitoba), Jordan (1), Lebanon (3), Myanmar (8), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 21 collections including 43 occurrences