Synonyms: Aenigmatiinae, Hypocerinae Lioy 1864
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Neophorida according to B. V. Brown et al. 2015
See also Brown 1999, Brown 1999 and Hong 2002
Sister taxon: Metopininae
Subtaxa: Abaristophora Aenigmatistes Anevrina Caenophorites Chaetocnemistoptera Chaetopleurophora Conicera Diplonevra Fushuniclavicornia Fushunophoritis Godavaria Huaxiaphoritis Hypocera Phora Rhoptrocera Spiniphora Triphleba Xenotriphleba
Type: Phora
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of China (2), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Colorado)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 20 collections including 58 occurrences