Three hypotheses of the relationships among Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae.
Left: Morphology - based on Asilidae phylogeny (220 characters, 175 species (158 Asilidae)) - Dikow 2009a
Middle: Moprhology + DNA sequences - based on Asilidae phylogeny (211 morphological characters + 18S and 28S rDNA and AATS, CAD, and EF-1alpha protein-encoding DNA, 88 species (77 Asilidae)) - Dikow 2009b
Right: DNA sequences - based on Apioceridae and Mydidae talk at ICD 6 in Fukuoka, Japan, 2006 (18S and 28S rDNA and CAD and EF-1alpha protein-encoding DNA, 30 species (9 Asilidae)) - T. Dikow unpublished