Clade Lasiopteridi Rubsaamen and Hedicke 1926 (gall midge)
Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Synonym: Oligotrophidi Felt 1908
Parent taxon: Cecidomyiinae according to R. J. Gagné and M. Jaschhof 2014
See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008
Sister taxa: Brachineuridi, Cecidomyia bremii, Cecidomyia pontaniiformis, Cecidomyiidi, Mycodiplosidi, Stomatosematidi
Subtaxa: Acericecis Dasineurini Didymomyia Lasiopterini Mikiola Oligotrophini
Type: Lasioptera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences