Genus Euxesta Loew, 1868a: 297–298 .

Type-species: Ortalis notata Wiedemann, 1830; by subs. des. (Coquillet, 1910: 543).

= Aloceuxesta Hendel, 1936: 78 . Type species: Euxesta spoliata Loew, 1868a by orig. des.

= Euxestina Enderlein, 1937: 438 (preocc. by Curran 1934). Type species: Musca costalis Fabricius, 1794 by orig. des.

References. Hendel, 1909: 151–156 (com., key to species); Hendel, 1910: 11 (in key), 22–25 (diag.); Steyskal, 1968: 15 (cat.) Martos-Tupes, 1982: 55–64 (ecol., beh.); Martos-Tupes, 1983: 41–45 (ecol.); Evenhuis, 1989: 480 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1999: 137 (tax.); Kameneva & Korneyev, 2010: 886 (in key), 898–899 (com.).