Full reference: B. B. Rohdendorf. 1961. Neue Angaben über das System der Dipteren. XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie, Verhandlungen 1:151-158
Parent taxon: Nematocera according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
See also Wagner et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Amblylexis, Amianta, Amphipromeca, Apistogrypotes, Asiochaoboridae, Asuba, Axymyioidea, Axymyiomorpha, Bibionites, Bodephora, Chironomidae, Clavapartus, Culiciscolex, Cyrtomides, Dara, Elliidae, Ellipibodus, Empidocampe, Eoculex, Eopolyneuridae, Hongocaloneura, Hongocaloneuridae, Hyperpolyneuridae, Luanpingitidae, Meconeura, Mesophantasmatidae, Mesosciophilidae, Nymphomyiomorpha, Palaeoerioptera, Palaeophoridae, Paradictyodiptera, Penthetria vaillantii, Platyplecia, Plecia nigrescens, Propexis, Protendipedidae, Ptychopteromorpha, Rhopaloscolex, Sama, Serendipidae, Sphallonymphites, Strashilidae, Tipulomorpha, Tipulopleciidae, Venapaucia
Subtaxa: Blephariceridae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of China (2)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences