The family Eomyiidae was proposed by Rohdendorf (1962) for his monobasic
genus Eomyia known only from a single described specimen from the
Jurassic deposits of the Karatau in Kazakhstan. Its familial placement is
not clear, but is thought to belong to the primitive orthorrhaphous Brachycera
near the Xylophagidae.
In addition to the determined species listed below, undetermined material
of this family has been recorded from Cretaceous Siberian amber by Zherichin
(1978: 67).
Ref.: Kovalev (1981, review of taxa).
EOMYIA Rohdendorf, 1962: 334 (1991: 487). Type species: Eomyia
veterrima Rohdendorf, 1962, by original designation.
veterrima Rohdendorf, 1962: 334 (1991: 487). PA: Kazakhstan (Upper
Jurassic) [C].