†family Protapioceridae Ren 1998 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Protapioceridae
Full reference: D. Ren. 1998. Late Jurassic Brachycera from northeastern China (Insecta: Diptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 23:65-82
Parent taxon: Asiloidea according to J. F. Zhang 2015
See also Ren 1998 and Zhang et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Apsilocephalidae, Asilidae, Evocoidae, Kuhwahldyia, Kumaromyia, Myanmyia, Mydidae, Scenopinidae, Therevidae, Mythicomyiidae
Subtaxa: Protapiocera Pseudapiocera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences