Family Pallopteridae Loew 1862 (fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Pallopteridae
Parent taxon: Tephritoidea according to H. Y. Han and K. E. Ro 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Wiegmann et al. 2011 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Herina splendida, Lonchaeidae, Piophilidae, Platystomatidae, Pyrgotidae, Richardiidae, Tephritidae, Ulidiidae
Subtaxa: Pallopterinae Toxoneura
Type: Palloptera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1), Croatia (1), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences