The family Alinkidae was proposed by Krzeminski (1992d) for the monobasic genus Alinka Krzeminski, 1992, known only from the Triassic Dan River Formation in the eastern United States. It marks the earliest record of Brachycera in the fossil record (if Crosaphididae is not a mythicomyiid-see under that chapter for more details). Krzeminski (1992) postulated that it was a member of the Tabanoidea, the classification of which is followed here.
Ref.: Krzeminski (1992, review and classification).

ALINKA Krzeminnski, 1992d: 45. Type species: Alinka cara Krzeminski, 1992, by monotypy.
cara Krzeminnski, 1992d: 46. NE: USA (Upper Triassic) [C].