Paraxymyiids are an extinct family of flies known from the Jurassic of central
Asia and China. They are apparently related to Protopleciidae and Protobibionidae.
Rohdendorf (1964) placed the family in the Bibionomorpha. Only two species
in two genera are known.
ARCUS Hong, 1983: 213. Type species: Arcus beipiaoensis
Hong, 1983, by original designation.
beipiaoensis Hong, 1983: 213. PA: China (Middle Jurassic) [C].
PARAXYMYIA Rohdendorf, 1946: 45. Type species: Paraxymyia quadriradialis
Rohdendorf, 1946, by original designation.
quadriradialis Rohdendorf, 1946: 45. PA: Kazakhstan (Upper Jurassic)
[C].