Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Diptera according to E. Cook and A. J. Ross 1996
Sister taxa: Aemodipsus, Agromyza incerta, Agromyza protogaea, Agromyza serresi, Anisoneura, Aphis dubia, Archidiptera, Archimesotipula, Asilici, Asioculicus, Atherix exigua, Atherix saunieri, Bibio batheri, Bombylidae, Brachyopteryx, Cecidomium, Conopsariae, Coriaceae, Culicomorpha, Cyrtonotum gigas, Diarchineura, Dichaneurum, Dryomyzidae, Empidia, Eoheleinae, Eopodonomus, Eudiptera, Gigantoberis, Homoeoptychopteris, Inflata, Lasioptera recessa, Mesasimulium, Muscides, Mycetobia terricola, Myopidae, Nematocera, Neodiptera, Neoneura, Oligoneura, Phoromorpha, Phytomyza vetusta, Polyclona, Polyneura, Psychodomorpha, Rhagionides, Simulium ventricum, Siphunculata, Stratiomydae, Syrphiae, Tabanii, Tipulariae, Vinculomusca, Vinculomusca vinculata, Xylomyia shcherbakovi
Subtaxa: Archipleciomima Eoditomyidae Protopleciidae Sinoditomyiidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of China (3), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (8), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (3), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 35 collections including 86 occurrences