Genus Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826: 403–405 .

Type species: Rhagio diadema Fabricius, 1775, subs. des. by Westwood, 1840: 134.

Chrysopyla Macquart, 1840: 31 . Unjustified emendation of Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826 . Refs.: Evenhuis et al., 2016: 45 (syn. of Chrysopilus).

Leptis Fabricius, 1805: 70 . Type species: Leptis thoracica Fabricius, 1805 . Refs.: Walker, 1848: 213; Westwood, 1840: 134 (syn.).

Leptipalpus Rondani, 1850: 183 . Type species: Tabanus brasiliensis Rondani, 1850, by mon. Refs.: Kerr, 2010: 75 (syn.); O’Hara et al., 2011: 104 (com.).

Heliomyia Doleschall, 1857: 402 . Type species: Heliomyia ferruginea Doleschall, 1857 [= Leptis ferruginosus Wiedemann, 1819], by mon.

Macellopalpus Bigot, 1886: lxviii. Type species: Macellopalpus flaveolus Bigot, 1886 [= Leptis ferruginosus Wiedemann, 1819], by mon. Refs.: Evenhuis & Pont, 2004: 34 (syn.).

Poppiusiella Frey, 1918: 30 (as subgenus). Type species: Chrysopilus arctica Frey, 1918, by orig. des.

Achrysopilus Szilády, 1934: 255 (as subgenus, no type species given; name invalid by article 13.3 of the ICZN code).

Sapporomyia Szilády, 1934: 233 . Type species: Leptis basalis Matsumura, 1915 [= L. matsumurai], by mon.

Chrysopilodes Frey, 1954: 15 (as subgenus). Type species: Chrysopilus boettcheri Frey, 1954, by mon.

Variopilus Frey, 1954: 22 (as subgenus). Type species: Chrysopilus aequicellulatus Frey, 1954, by orig. des.

Solomomyia Nagatomi, 1982a: 50 . Type species: Solomomyia gressitti Nagatomi, 1982a, by orig. des. Refs.: Kerr, 2010: 75 (syn.).

Solomyia Nagatomi, 1982a: 68. Incorrect original spelling.

Poppinsiella Nartshuk, 1995: 18. Incorrect original spelling.

Refs.: Cuvier, 1832: 695 (as subgen. of Leptis); Blanchard, 1840: 403 (des.); Cuvier, 1854: 654 (as subgen. of Leptis); Philippi, 1859: 649 (biol., dist.); Philippi, 1865: 774 (as Chrysopila); Schiner, 1868: 197 (list, as Chrysopila); Osten Sacken, 1878: 63 (cat.); Osten Sacken, 1886: 60 (com.); Bigot, 1887: 101 (key, as Chrysopila), 102 (key); Hunter, 1901: 148 (cat., as Chrysopila); Kertész, 1902: 145 (des. new species as Chrysopila); Bezzi 1903: 84 (cat.); Kertész, 1908: 317 (cat.); Coquillett, 1910a: 523 (list, male); Coquillett, 1910b: 376 (corr.); Frey, 1911: 18 (in Leptidae); White, 1915: 39 (key, des.); Hardy: 1920: 120 (key), 121 (list); Lindner, 1923: 9 (des. new species as Chrysopilus); Lindner, 1924: 65 (com.); Bezzi, 1926: 298 (key), 319 (key to species); Edwards & Shannon, 1927: 653 (list, as Chrysopila); Leonard, 1930: 55 (key), 129 (des., key); Lindner, 1930: 63 (des. new species, as Chrysopila); Curran, 1931: 1 (com., key); Malloch, 1931: 274 (key), 276 (com.); Malloch, 1932a: 201 (key), 232 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); Hennig, 1955: 427 (com.); Hardy, 1958: 291 (key); Paramonov, 1962: 115 (key, as Leptidae, diag.); Stone 1965: 345 (cat.); Stuckenberg, 1965: 90 (key), 100–101 (redes.); James, 1968: 2 (cat.); Chassagnard & Tsacas 1974: 14, 28–31 (com., mouthparts); Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976: 20–21 (com. fem. gen.); James & Turner, 1981: 483, 484 (com.), 486 (key); Nagatomi, 1982a: 31–34 (com.), 35–36 (key), 42 (com.), 46 (des.), 50–52 (com.); Nagatomi, 1982b: 141–142 (dist.); Nagatomi, 1984: 122 (key), 145, 153–154 (male gen.); Nagatomi & Soroida, 1985: 281 (com.); Colles & McAlpine, 1991: 753 (com.); Nagatomi 1992: 845 (phyl.); Sinclair et al., 1993: 412 (phyl.); Coscarón & Coscarón, 1995: 260 (redes.); Stuckenberg, 2001: 16 (com.); Coscarón, 1998: 339 (com.); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2005: 209 (com.), 210–211 (key); Santos, 2006: 50 (com.), 60 (com.); Santos & Amorim, 2007: 3 (diag.); Krivosheina & Sidorenko, 2007: 443 (com.); Santos, 2008: 44 (dist.); Kerr, 2009: 486 (com.), 487 (key to adults), 488 (key to larvae); Kerr, 2010: 68 (key), 75 (diag.); Carmo & Santos, 2011: 471 (male gen.); Webb, 2011: 706–707 (com.); Klassa & Santos, 2015: 523 (list); Evenhuis et al., 2016: 45 (cat.).

saffranus (Bigot, 1887)

= Leptipalpis saffranus Bigot, 1887: 108 .

Holotype: male, without precise locality, Chile (UMO) Dist.: Chile (without precise locality).

Refs.: Kertész, 1908: 317 (cat., as Leptipalpus); Edwards in Malloch, 1932a: 232 (des. footnote 1, as Leptipalpus but included in Chrysopilus); Stuardo, 1946: 77 (cat.); James, 1968: 4 (cat.); Ackland & Taylor, 1972; 14–15 (com.); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2005: 210 (key); Kerr, 2010: 123 (list).

valdivianus (Philippi, 1865)

Chrysopila valdiviana Philippi, 1865: 774 .

Holotype: female Valdivia Province, Chile (MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de Biobío, Concepción Province (Concepción); Región de Los Ríos, Valdivia Province (without precise locality); Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (Puerto Varas), Chiloé Province (Castro).

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 287 (cat., as Chrysophila); Hunter, 1901: 148 (cat. as Chrysopila); Kertész, 1908: 328 (cat.); Malloch, 1932a: 232 (diag.); Stuardo, 1946: 77 (cat.); James, 1968: 4 (cat.); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2005: 211 (key); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).