Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Synonym: Eriopterinae
Parent taxon: Limoniidae according to K. Kopeć et al. 2025
See also Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2023, Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2025, Kania et al. 2015, Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021, Kania-Kłosok et al. 2025, Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2024, Kopeć and Kania 2013, Krzemiński 1993, Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992, Krzemiński and Teskey 1987, Krzemiński 2019, Men et al. 2022, Podenas 2006, Podenas and Poinar 2012, Wappler 2002 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Allarithmia, Archilimoniinae, Architipulinae, Calobamon, Critoneura, Cyttaromyella, Dactylolabinae, Dicranota, Dictyodiptera, Dictyodiptera multinervis, Drinosinae, Eopolyneura, Eopolyneura tenuinervis, Eotipulinae, Haplotipula, Hottipula, Iyaiyai, Leptotipuloides, Limnocema, Limnophilinae, Limoniinae, Metarchilimonia, Palaeomacromastix, Palaeopoecilostola, Paradelphomyia, Paradictyodiptera, Paradictyodiptera trianalis, Pareopolyneura, Pareopolyneura costalis, Phyllolabis, Pronophlebia, Rhadinobrochus, Tanymera, Tanysphyra, Tipulodictya, Tipulodictya minima, Ula
Subtaxa: Burmoptera Cheilotrichia Ellipteroides Erioptera Eriopterini Gnophomyia Gonomyia Gonomyiini Gymnastes Idiocera Ilisia Macalpina Maietta Molophilini Pseudoerioptera Rhabdomastix Styringomyia Symplecta Tasiocera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (1), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (4)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Lithuania (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (9), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: Colorado, Montana)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), Lebanon (1), Myanmar (5), Spain (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 48 collections including 181 occurrences