Genus Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893

Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893: 209 (in Empididae); Williston 1896: 73 (in Empididae). Melander, 1902: 337 (in Empididae); Aldrich, 1905: 218 (in Leptidae); Cresson, 1915: 449 (in Empididae); Greene, 1924: 60; Melander, 1961: 161; Painter & Painter, 1965: 416; Cole & Schlinger, 1969: 238; Hull, 1973: 266; Hall, 1976: 75; Painter, Painter & Hall, 1978: 11; Hall & Evenhuis, 1986: 327; Hall & Evenhuis, 1987: 596; Evenhuis, 2002: 36; Evenhuis, 2022: 1; Ramos-Pastrana, Rojas-Portilla & Evenhuis, 2024: 539. Type species: Mythicomyia riley Coquillett (1893), by monotypy.