Family Xylophagidae Fallen 1810 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Xylophagidae
Parent taxon: Homeodactyla according to S. Shin et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992 and Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Nemestrinoidea, Stratiomyomorpha, Tabanomorpha
Subtaxa: Bibio ungeri Coenomyiinae Habrosoma Xylophaginae
Type: Xylophagus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (4)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences