Belongs within: Orthorrhapha.
Contains: Asilidae, Apioceridae, Mydidae, Therevidae, Scenopinidae, Bombyliidae.
The Asiloidea are a diverse clade of often relatively large flies, most of which are predatory or parasitic as larvae. Members include the Mythicomyiidae, small flies with palpi reduced or absent, and wings with R4+5 unbranched and MA absent, that are often classified as a subfamily of the related Bombyliidae. Adult mythicomyiids are nectar and pollen feeders; larvae, where known, attack the immature stages of other insects (Evenhuis et al. 2009).
Asiloidea [Asilomorpha]BT04
| i. s.: Ocoa [Ocoidae]GE05
| `--O. chilensisGE05
|--+--AsilidaeBT04
| `--+--+--ApioceridaeBT04
| | `--MydidaeBT04
| `--+--+--TherevidaeBT04
| | `--ScenopinidaeBT04
| `--+--Evocoa [Evocoidae]WT11
| | `--E. chilensisWT11
| `--Apsilocephalidae [Rhagionempididae]WT11
| |--Burmapsilocephala cockerelliGE05
| `--Apsilocephala longistylaGW09, IL81
`--+--BombyliidaeBT04
`--Mythicomyiidae [Mythicomyiinae]EGEL09
|--Empidideicus humeralisH81
|--ParaconsorsEGEL09
|--PsiloderoidesEGEL09
|--MythicomyiaWT11
| |--M. intermediaE66
| `--M. rileyiH81
|--PiezaEGEL09
| |--P. piEGEL09
| |--P. rheaEGEL09
| `--P. sinclairiEGEL09
`--Glabellula [Glabellulinae]EGEL09
|--G. australisCM91
|--G. brunnifronsGE05
|--G. crassicornisH81
`--G. kuehnei Schlüter 1976P92*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BT04] Bybee, S. M., S. D. Taylor, C. R. Nelson & M. F. Whiting. 2004. A phylogeny of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) at the subfamilial level: molecular evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 789–797.
[CM91] Colless, D. H., & D. K. McAlpine. 1991. Diptera (flies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 717–786. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).
[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).
[EGEL09] Evenhuis, N. L., D. J. Greathead & C. J. Einicker Lamas. 2009. Mythicomyiidae (micro bee flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 561–563. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.
[GW09] Gaimari, S. D., & D. W. Webb. 2009. Therevidae (stiletto flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 633–647. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.
[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.
[H81] Hall, J. C. 1981. Bombyliidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 589–602. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.
[IL81] Irwin, M. E., & L. Lyneborg. 1981. Therevidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 513–523. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.
[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.
[WT11] Wiegmann, B. M., M. D. Trautwein, I. S. Winkler, N. B. Barr, J.-W. Kim, C. Lambkin, M. A. Bertone, B. K. Cassel, K. M. Bayless, A. M. Heimberg, B. M. Wheeler, K. J. Peterson, T. Pape, B. J. Sinclair, J. H. Skevington, V. Blagoderov, J. Caravas, S. N. Kutty, U. Schmidt-Ott, G. E. Kampmeier, F. C. Thompson, D. A. Grimaldi, A. T. Beckenbach, G. W. Courtney, M. Friedrich, R. Meier & D. K. Yeates. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108 (14): 5690–5695.