Subfamily TRICHOMYIINAE Tonnoir, 1922
Termitodipterinae Speiser, 1906: 717. Type genus: Termitodipteron Holmgren, 1905 . Additional references: Sabrosky (1999), Kvifte (2012, See note 20 page 48).
Trichomyinae Tonnoir, 1922: 127. Type genus: Trichomyia Haliday, 1939 .
Trichomyiinae Tonnoir: Tonnoir (1929), Enderlein (1937), Tonnoir (1939), Tonnoir (1940), Theodor (1948), Quate (1955, Nearctic species), Duckhouse (1965, Australia species), Duckhouse (1972, Chile species), Wagner (1982a, Paleartic species), Bejarano (2006b, Colombia records), Kvifte (2012, Afrotropical catalogue).