Synonym: Corynetinae Kertesz 1909
Parent taxon: Hybotidae according to I. V. Shamshev 2025
See also Badano et al. 2023, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Hong 2002, Myskowiak et al. 2018, Sinclair and Cumming 2006, Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005, Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023 and Wahlberg and Johanson 2018
Sister taxa: Bicellariinae, Grimaldipeza, Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Oedaleinae, Pouillonhybos
Subtaxa: Archaeodrapetiops Archiplatypalpus Cretoplatypalpus Drapetiella Drapetini Electrocyrtoma Eocorynetites Eoplatypalpus Lochmocola Mesoplatypalpus Sepsis atra Sepsis bicolorata Sepsis ignobilis Symballophthalmini Tachydromiini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (3)
• Oligocene of Brazil (1), France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of China (2), France (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Colorado, Montana)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 21 collections including 46 occurrences