Subfamily Macrocerinae Rondani 1856 (predatory fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Alternative spelling: Macroceridae

Parent taxon: Keroplatidae according to F. Hebert et al. 2025

See also Blagoderov 2019, Blagoderov and Arillo 2002, Blagoderov et al. 2019, Evenhuis 2006, Hong 2002, Johannsen 1909, Mantič et al. 2020, Matile 1981, Matile 1990, Pełczyńska et al. 2025, Pełczyńska et al. 2024 and Statz 1944

Sister taxa: Adamacrocerinae, Keroplatinae, Lygistorrhininae, Paleoplatyura, Platyura armata, Platyura calcar, Platyura ceroplatites, Platyura ceroplatoides, Platyura crassicornis, Platyura distincta, Platyura ectorsii, Platyura ehrhardti, Platyura exigua, Platyura graciosa, Platyura kunowi, Platyura mikii, Platyura moniliformis, Platyura pusilla, Platyura verrali, Platyurinae, Vastaplatyura, Vladelektra

Subtaxa: Burmacrocera Eomacroceritis Macrocera soccata Macrocerini Robsonomyiini

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Type: Macrocera

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of China (1), France (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Montana)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Myanmar (2), Spain (1)

Total: 18 collections including 31 occurrences

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