Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Parent taxon: Dolichopodidae according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023
See also Bickel 2016, Bickel 2022 and Grichanov and Negrobov 2018
Sister taxa: Achalcinae, Anepsiomyia, Archichrysotus, Argyra debellata, Argyra debilis, Argyra deceptoria, Avenaphora, Chrysotus setosus, Condylostylus, Cretomicrophorus, Diaphorinae, Dolichopodinae, Electrochoreutes, Eodolichopoditinae, Gujaratmyia, Hydrophorinae, Hygroceleuthus titanus, Lyroneurus venustus, Medetera frauenfeldi, Medeterinae, Medeterus, Microphorinae, Microphorites, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae
Subtaxa: Palaeomedeterus Peloropeodes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Eocene of India (3), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 8 collections including 27 occurrences