Insecta - Diptera - Apsilocephalidae
Full reference: A. Nagatomi, T. Saigusa, H. Nagatomi and L. Lyneborg. 1991. Apsilocephalidae, a new family of the orthorrhaphous Brachycera (Insecta, Diptera). Zoological Science 8:579-591
Parent taxon: Asiloidea according to S. Shin et al. 2018
See also Grimaldi 2016, Grimaldi et al. 2011, Hauser and Irwin 2005, Nagatomi et al. 1991, Nagatomi and Yang 1998, Wiegmann et al. 2011, Winterton et al. 2016 and Winterton and Ware 2015
Sister taxa: Asilidae, Evocoidae, Kuhwahldyia, Kumaromyia, Myanmyia, Mydidae, Protapioceridae, Scenopinidae, Therevidae, Mythicomyiidae
Subtaxa: Apsilocephala Cascomixticus Irwinimyia Palaeoapsilocephala
Type: Apsilocephala
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Colorado, Montana)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence