Molossops Peters, 1865 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1865:575.

TYPE SPECIES: Dysopes temminckii Burmeister, 1854 .

SYNONYMS: Cabreramops, Cynomops, Neoplatymops .

COMMENTS: Includes Cabreramops, Cynomops, and Neoplatymops as subgenera; see Jones et al. (1977:28) and Freeman (1981:133) respectively.