Subfamily Xylophaginae Fallen 1810 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Xylophagidae
Synonyms: Heterostomidae Nagatomi 1977, Heterostominae Nagatomi 1977
Parent taxon: Xylophagidae according to K. M. Bayless 2012
See also Jarzembowski and Mostovski 2000 and Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
Sister taxa: Bibio ungeri, Coenomyiinae, Habrosoma
Subtaxa: Heterostomini Sinonemestriinae Sinonemestriini Xylophagini
Type: Xylophagus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Cretaceous of China (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences