Parent taxon: Tipuloidea according to J. Y. Hao and D. Ren 2009
Sister taxa: Cylindrotomidae, Pediciidae
Subtaxa: Adelphomyia, Allarithmia, Antocha, Archimesotipula, Architipula, Architipulinae, Atarba, Austrolimnophila, Calobamon, Cheilotrichia, Chioneinae, Cladoneura, Cladura, Critoneura, Cyttaromyella, Dactylolabinae, Dicranomyia, Dicranota, Diplopolyneura, Dipterodictya, Elephantomyia, Eotipulinae, Erioptera, Eriopterinae, Gymnastes, Gynoplistia, Haplotipula, Hexatoma, Hexatominae, Hottipula, Ilisia, Limnocema, Limnophila, Limoniinae, Lipsothrix, Mesotipula, Metarchilimonia, Molophilus, Ormosia, Oryctogma, Palaeomacromastix, Palaeopoecilostola, Paradelphomyia, Phyllolabis, Pilaria, Polymera, Pronophlebia, Pseudolimnophila, Rhabdomastix, Rhadinobrochus, Symplecta, Tanymera, Tanysphyra, Tasiocera, Thaumastoptera, Ula, Xutipula
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