Synonym: Corynetinae Kertesz 1909
Parent taxon: Hybotidae according to D. Badano et al. 2023
See also Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Hong 2002, Myskowiak et al. 2018, Sinclair and Cumming 2006, Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005, Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023 and Wahlberg and Johanson 2018
Sister taxa: Bicellariinae, Grimaldipeza, Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Oedaleinae, Pouillonhybos
Subtaxa: Archaeodrapetiops Archiplatypalpus Cretoplatypalpus Drapetiella Drapetini Electrocyrtoma Eocorynetites Lochmocola Mesoplatypalpus Symballophthalmini Tachydromiini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (3)
• Oligocene of Brazil (1), France (1)
• Eocene of China (2), France (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: Colorado, Montana)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 18 collections including 41 occurrences