Subfamily Sciadocerinae Schmitz 1929 (scuttle fly)
Alternative spelling: Sciadoceridae
Parent taxon: Phoridae according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018
See also Brown 2007, Brown et al. 2015 and Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Aenigmatias, Dohrniphora, Electrophora, Eophora, Euphorida, Hypoceridites, Jealia, Limulomyia, Megasella, Metopina, Pararhoptrocera, Paraspiniphora, Prioriphorinae, Prophora, Pseudaenigmatias
Subtaxa: Archiphora Archisciada Eosciadocera Hennigophora Ulrichophora
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (5)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence