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Parent Taxon

• Lauxaniidae

Sibling Taxa

• Allominettia
• Aulogastromyia
• Australinina
• Baliopteridion
• Cainohomoneura
• Calliopum
• Camptoprosopella
• Celypholauxania
• Cephaloconus
• Cerataulina
• Ceratolauxania
• Cestrotus
• Chaetocoelia
• Chaetominettia
• Cnemacantha
• Depressa
• Dioides
• Drepanephora
• Dryomyzothea
• Dyticomyia
• Eurychoromyiinae
• Eusapromyza
• Evertomyia
• Griphoneura
• Homoneura
• Homoneurinae
• Incurviseta
• Kerteszomyia
• Lauxania
• Lauxaniinae
• Lauxanostegana
• Luzonomyza
• Marmarodeceia
• Meiosimyza
• Melanina
• Melanomyza
• Melinomyia
• Mettinia
• Minettia
• Mycterella
• Neodecia
• Neogriphoneura
• Neominettia
• Neoxangelina
• Noeetomima
• Noonamyia
• Oncodometopus
• Pachycerina
• Pachyopella
• Paracestrotus
• Paranomina
• Peplominettia
• Peplomyza
• Phobeticomyia
• Physegenua
• Physoclypeus
• Poecilohetaerella
• Poecilohetaerus
• Poecilolycia
• Poecilominettia
• Procrita
• Prosamyza
• Prosopomyia
• Prosopophorella
• Protrigonometopus
• Pseudocalliope
• Pseudogriphoneura
• Pseudolyciella
• Rhagadolyra
• Sapromyzosoma
• Sciasminettia
• Sciasmomyia
• Scutominettia
• Setulina
• Siphonophysa
• Spathecerus
• Steganolauxania
• Steganopsis
• Tanyura
• Teratolauxania
• Tetroxyrhina
• Tricholauxania
• Triconopsis
• Trigonometopsis
• Trigonometopus
• Trisapromyza
• Trypetisoma
• Wawu
• Xangelina
• Xenochaetina
• Xenopterella
• Zargopsinettia

Child Taxa

• Poecilohetaerella antennata
• Poecilohetaerella bilineata
• Poecilohetaerella dubiosa
• Poecilohetaerella minuta
• Poecilohetaerella punctatifrons
• Poecilohetaerella scutellata
• Poecilohetaerella watti

Top Observation Places

• Christchurch