Family Mythicomyiidae Melander 1902 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Mythicomyiidae

Alternative spelling: Mythicomyiini

Parent taxon: Bombylioidea according to J. Myskowiak et al. 2016

See also Grimaldi et al. 2011, Hennig 1966 and Nel and De Ploeg 2004

Sister taxa: Apsilocephalidae, Asilidae, Evocoidae, Kuhwahldyia, Kumaromyia, Myanmyia, Mydidae, Protapioceridae, Scenopinidae, Therevidae

Subtaxa: Acrocera hirsuta Glabellulinae Microburmyia Mythicomyiinae Psiloderoidinae

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Type: Mythicomyia

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (2), United States (2: Colorado, Utah)

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (1)

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 20 collections including 34 occurrences

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