Family Periscelididae Oldenberg 1914 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Periscelididae
Parent taxon: Schizophora according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
See also Carpenter 1992 and Grimaldi and Mathis 1993
Sister taxa: Acalyptratae, Acartophthalmidae, Agromyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Calyptratae, Carnidae, Chloropidae, Clusiidae, Cretaphormia, Ephydroidea, Hoffeinsia, Hoffeinsmyiidae, Lauxanioidea, Milichiidae, Neurochaetidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae, Poliomyia, Sciomyzoidea, Sepsidae, Sphaeroceridae, Tephritoidea, Yantaromyiidae
Subtaxa: Periscelidinae Procyamops Stenomicrinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections including 8 occurrences