Eudorylas Aczél, 1940

Rafael, José Albertino, González, Christian Raúl & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2023, A catalog of Pipunculidae of Chile (Diptera), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-9 : 4

Genus Eudorylas Aczél, 1940

Eudorylas Aczél, 1940: 151 . Type-species: Pipunculus fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844 (subs. des.; ruling of the ICZN, 2002: 143, Opinion 2000, Case 3132).

Metadorylas Rafael, 1987: 35 , figs. 1-8. Type-species: Pipunculus schreiteri Shannon, 1927 (orig. des.). Syn.: Skevington & Yeates (2001) in the sense of P. fuscipes , not Cephalops opacus .

Neodorylas Kuznetzov, 1995: 326 . Junior objective synonym (ICZN, 2002). Type-species: Pipunculus fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844 (orig. des.). Syn.: De Meyer (2001).

Remarks: Eudorylas is a highly heterogeneous genus, and it appeared as paraphyletic in the analysis by Motamedinia et al. (2021) and requires redefinition. As defined presently, it has a cosmopolitan distribution and a wide distribution in the New World, ranging from Canada to Chile.The typical Neotropical Eudorylas was revised by Rafael (1990c) under Metadorylas , presently synonymous with Eudorylas , and the reminder heterogeneous " Eudorylas ″ species were revised by Rafael (1993) treating Mexican and Central American species and Rafael (1995) treating the South American species.

References: Aczél (1940); Rafael (1987, as Metadorylas ); Rafael (1990c, 1995); Skevington & Yeates (2001).