Family Blephariceridae Loew 1862 (net-winged midge)
Insecta - Diptera - Blephariceridae
Alternative spelling: Blepharoceridae
Synonym: Sinotendipedidae Hong and Wang 1990
Parent taxon: Blephariceromorpha according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1921, Hong and Wang 1990, Lukashevich et al. 2006, Lukashevich and Shcherbakov 1997 and Pape et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Blephadejurinae Blepharicerinae Blepharocera Brianina Edwardsininae Philorites Sinotendipes
Type: Blepharocera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of China (2)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences