Genus Protodasyapha Enderlein, 1922: 337 .
Type-species: Tabanus hirtuosus Philippi, 1865 (orig. des.).
References. Enderlein, 1925: 274 (diag.); Kröber, 1930b: 157 (in key), 169 (diag.); Kröber, 1930e: 122 (diag.); Ruíz, 1929: 237 (list); Borgmeier, 1933: 299 (tax.); Kröber, 1934: 238 (cat.); Fraga, 1938c: 151 (in key); Stuardo, 1946: 69 (cat.); Barretto, 1960: 60 (list), 63 (in key); Fairchild, 1969: 200 (diag., com.), 224 (in key); Fairchild, 1971: 4 (cat.); Coscarón, 1976: 77 (in key), 78 (redes.); Coscarón & Fairchild, 1979: 298 (tax.); Coscarón & González 1991: 134 (in key); Coscarón & Papavero, 1993: 15 (in key); Fairchild & Burger, 1994: 30 (cat.); Coscarón, 1998: 349 (list, dist.); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009a: 7 (in key); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009b: 31 (cat.).