Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Synonym: Tanyderidae Osten-Sacken 1879
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Psychodoidea according to D. Azar 2019
See also Azar et al. 2024, Azar et al. 1999, Azar et al. 2007, Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Kalugina 1985, Kalugina 1992, Krzemiński 1992, Krzemiński and Krzemińska 2003 and Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxon: Phlebotomidae
Subtaxa: Bamara Bruchomyiinae Cretapsychoda Culex proavitus Datziinae Eochaoborites Eophlebotomus Horaiellinae Liassopsychodina Libanopsychoda Mesopsychoda Paraculicoides Paraculicoides rouseae Phlebotominae Plebotomites Plebotomus Posthon Protoplasa Psychodinae Psychodites Sycoracinae Tanyderinae Tanyderites Tanypsycha Triassopsychoda Trichomyiinae Xenopsychoda
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