Tribe Drapetini Collin 1961 (dance fly)
Parent taxon: Tachydromiinae according to I. V. Shamshev 2025
See also Myskowiak et al. 2018, Sinclair and Cumming 2006 and Wahlberg and Johanson 2018
Sister taxa: Archaeodrapetiops, Archiplatypalpus, Cretoplatypalpus, Drapetiella, Electrocyrtoma, Eoplatypalpus, Mesoplatypalpus, Sepsis atra, Sepsis bicolorata, Sepsis ignobilis, Symballophthalmini, Tachydromiini, Eocorynetites, Lochmocola
Subtaxa: Chaetodromia Chersodromia Drapetis Elaphropeza Eodromyia Micrempis Stilpon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (3)
• Eocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 9 collections including 15 occurrences