Insecta - Diptera - Therevidae
Alternative spelling: Thereuidae
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Asiloidea according to S. Shin et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1921, Handlirsch 1907, Wiegmann et al. 2011, Winterton et al. 2016 and Winterton and Ware 2015
Sister taxa: Apsilocephalidae, Asilidae, Evocoidae, Kuhwahldyia, Kumaromyia, Myanmyia, Mydidae, Protapioceridae, Scenopinidae, Mythicomyiidae
Subtaxa: Arctogephyra Cretothereva Kroeberiella Palaeopherocera Phycusinae Psilocephala Therevinae Xestomyzinae
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2), Myanmar (1)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences