Alternative spelling: Mesosciophilinae
Full reference: B. B. Rohdendorf. 1946. Evolyutsiya kryla i filogenez dlinnousykh dvukrylykh Oligoneura (Diptera, Nematocera) [The evolution of the wing and the phylogeny of Oligoneura (Diptera, Nematocera)]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 13:1-108
Parent taxon: Nematocera according to J. F. Zhang 2007
Sister taxa: Architendipedidae, Archizelmiridae, Asuba, Axymyioidea, Axymyiomorpha, Bibionites, Blephariceromorpha, Bria, Dara, Elliidae, Eoanisopodites, Hongocaloneura, Mesophantasmatidae, Palaeoerioptera, Pleciodictyidae, Protendipedidae, Protobibionidae, Ptychopteromorpha, Rhaetaniidae, Sciophilopsis, Strashilidae, Thiras, Tipulimorpha, Tipulopleciidae
Subtaxa: Mesosciophila, Mesosciophilina, Mesosciophilites, Mesosciophilodes, Mesosciophilopsis, Paramesosciophilodes, Sciophilites
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