Genus Syllimnophora Speiser

Acanthoneura Stein, 1919:140 (preocc. Schiner 1868). Type species, Limnophora aliena Stein (Séguy, 1937:250) ( Acanthoneura Schiner, 1868, is an unjustified emendation of Acanthonevra Macquart, 1843 (see Article 33.2.3 of the Code), but is an available name for the purposes of homonymy. Acanthoneura Stein is not preoccupied by Acanthonevra Macquart (see Article 56.2).

Syllimnophora Speiser, 1923:99, NOM. N. for Acanthoneura Stein. Type species, Limnophora aliena Stein (aut.). Refs.: Couri & de Carvalho, 2002:192 (partial key to species); de Carvalho et al., 2005:167 (cat.).