Family Empididae Latreille 1804 (dagger fly)
Alternative spelling: Empedidae
Parent taxon: Empidoidea according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Atelestidae, Brachystomatidae, Dolichopodidae, Hybotidae
Subtaxa: Acallomyia, Basilorhagio, Burmitempis, Clinocerinae, Corynetinae, Ecommocydromia, Empidinae, Hemerodromiinae, Oustaletimyia, Progloma, Protempidinae, Protoedalea, Ragas, Timalphes