Sciapodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Members of the subfamily possess several ancestral characteristics of the family, such as branched vein M1+2 in the wings (though M2 is absent or reduced in Mesorhagini) and a pedunculate hypopygium. Their heads also typically have a deeply excavated vertex (top of the head), giving them the appearance of a dumbbell when viewed from the front.
Members of Sciapodinae are most diverse in South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, South-east Asia and Australasia. The subfamily is suggested to have originated during the Early Cretaceous on the supercontinent Gondwana, which is supported by vicariant distributions in the genera Heteropsilopus, Condylostylus and Parentia.
Genera Tribe Mesorhagini Bickel, 1994 Amesorhaga Bickel, 1994 Mesorhaga Schiner, 1868 Negrobovia Bickel, 1994 Tribe Sciapodini Becker, 1917 Bickelia Grichanov, 1996 Condylostylus Bigot, 1859 Dytomyia Bickel, 1994 Helixocerus Lamb, 1929 Mascaromyia Bickel, 1994 Narrabeenia Bickel, 1994 Naufraga Bickel, 1992 Pilbara Bickel, 1994 Sciapus Zeller, 1842 Sinosciapus Yang, 2001 Tribe Chrysosomatini Becker, 1918 Abbemyia Bickel, 1994 Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1889 Austrosciapus Bickel, 1994 Bickeliolus Grichanov, 1996 Chrysosoma Guérin-Méneville, 1831 Ethiosciapus Bickel, 1994 Gigantosciapus Grichanov, 1997 Heteropsilopus Bigot, 1859 Krakatauia Enderlein, 1912 Lapita Bickel, 2002 Parentia Hardy, 1935 Plagiozopelma Enderlein, 1912 Pseudoparentia Bickel, 1994 Pouebo Bickel, 2008 †Wheelerenomyia Meunier, 1907
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