The Brachyceran infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a small group that consists solely of the family Xylophagidae, which presently contains subfamilies that were sometimes considered to be two small related families (Coenomyiidae and Rachiceridae).

Other obsolete names for members of this family include Exeretonevridae and Heterostomidae.

The family is known by the English name awl-flies.

[1] Flies in this family have elongated bodies and resemble ichneumon wasps in shape.

[1] These nine genera belong to the family Xylophagidae:[2] This article related to members of the fly infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a stub.