Genus Dilophus Meigen, 1803: 264

Philia Meigen, 1800: 20 . Type species: Tipula febrilis Linnaeus (designated by Coquillett, 1910: 588). Suppressed by ICZN, 1963: 339.

Dilophus Meigen, 1803: 264 . Type species: Tipula febrilis Linnaeus (designated by Latreille, 1810: 442).

= Acanthocnemis Blanchard, 1854: 355 (no type des.).

= Cnemidoctenia Enderlein, 1934: 181 . Type species: Dilophus crassicrus Lundström (orig. des.). (syn. by Hardy 1953: 358).

= Triploctenia Enderlein, 1934: 181. Type species: Dilophus tenuis Meigen (orig. des.). (syn. by Hardy 1953: 358).

= Tridicroctena Enderlein, 1934: 181 . Type species: Dilophus africanus Becker (orig. des.). (syn. by Hardy 1953: 358).

= Dactylodiscia Enderlein, 1934: 181 . Type species: Dilophus hiemalis Becker (orig. des.). (syn. by Hardy 1953: 358).

Refs.: Kertész, 1902: 150 (cat.); Morris, 1922: 189–195 (des. imm.sta.); Edwards, 1930: 79–88 (tax.); Edwards, 1935: 20–24 (tax.); Edwards, 1941: 34–38 (biol., imm.sta.); Hardy, 1953: 358–375 (rev. Argentine spp.); Hardy, 1959: 459–474 (cat.); Hardy, 1966: 7–11 (cat.); Rotramel, 1969: 74 (male gen., biol.); Thornhill, 1976b: 1–4 (biol.); Sturm, 1989: 137–155 (biol.); D’Arcy-Burt & Blackshaw, 1991: 695–708 (biol.); Blaschke-Berthold, 1994: 94– 96, 122–127 (phy., male gen.); Skartveit & Willassen, 1996: 1–35 (phy.); Fitzgerald, 2000: 627–634 (species list, dist. Mexico); Pinto & Amorim, 2000: 1–98 (phy., biol.); Skartveit, 2002a: 474–483 (imm.sta.); Skartveit, 2002b: 113–127 (biol.); Fitzgerald, 2004: 15–17 (summary of biol.), 33–257 (phy.), 302–309 (redes., diag., dist., imm.sta.); Fitzgerald, 2009: 249 (in key); Falaschi et al. 2016: 22–23 (cat.) Ševčík et al., 2016: 11–13, 19 (phy.).