Protodiptera

{{short description|Order of insects}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Protodiptera

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Permian}}

| taxon = Protodiptera

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

• Permotanyderidae
• Permotipulidae

}}

Protodiptera is an extinct suborder of mecopteran insects containing the two families Permotanyderidae and Permotipulidae with a total of four genera Choristotanyderus, Permila, Permotanyderus and Permotipula.{{cite web|last=Riek|first=E.F.|title=†suborder Protodiptera Tillyard 1937 (scorpionfly)|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139732|work=Fossilworks|access-date=2022-08-30}}{{cite web |last=|first= |title=Protodiptera |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id761301/ |work=BioLib |access-date=2022-08-30}}