Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae
Alternative spelling: Mesosciophilinae
Full reference: B. B. Rohdendorf. 1946. Evolyutsiya kryla i filogenez dlinnousykh dvukrylykh Oligoneura (Diptera, Nematocera). Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 13:1-108
Parent taxon: Nematocera according to J. F. Zhang 2007
See also Kovalev 1985 and Rohdendorf 1946
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, Nymphomyiomorpha, Palaeoerioptera, Palaeophoridae, Paradictyodiptera, Penthetria vaillantii, Platyplecia, Plecia nigrescens, Propexis, Protendipedidae, Ptychopteromorpha, Rhopaloscolex, Sama, Serendipidae, Sphallonymphites, Strashilidae, Tipulomorpha, Tipulopleciidae, Venapaucia
Subtaxa: Jurasciophila Mesosciophila Mesosciophilina Mesosciophilodes Mesosciophilopsis Orentalphila Paramesosciophilodes Pseudalysiinia fragmenta Sciophilites Similsciophila Sinosciophila
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), China (2), the Russian Federation (5)
• Jurassic of China (6), Kazakhstan (3), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 19 collections including 33 occurrences