Tribe Philonicini Lehr 1996 (robber fly)
Full reference: P. A. Lehr. 1996. Ktyri Podsemeystva Asilinae (Diptera, Asilidae) Palearktiki. Ekologo-Morfologicheskiy Analiz, Sistematika i Evolyutsiya 1-184
Parent taxon: Asilinae according to T. Dikow 2009
Sister taxa: Apocleini, Asilini, Asilopsis, Machimini, Neolophonotus, Permessus, Proctacanthus, Pseudophrisson, Senoprosopis
Subtaxa: Philonicus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14 (Eocene of Colorado)