Genus Phycus Walker, 1850

Phycus Walker, 1850: 2 . Type species: Xylophagus canescens Walker, by monotypy.

Caenophanes Loew, 1874: 415 . Type species: Caenophanes insignis Loew, by monotypy. [Junior homonym, preoccupied Caenophanes Förster, 1862 – Hymenoptera].

Caenophanomyia Bezzi, 1902: 191, replacement name for Caenophanes Loew (synonymy by Lyneborg 1978).

Paraphycus Becker, 1922: 62 . Type species: Phycus nitidus Wulp, by original designation (synonymy by Lyneborg 1978).

Caenophaniella Séguy, 1941: 112 . Type species: Caenophaniella nigra Séguy, by original designation (synonymy by Lyneborg 1978).