Genus SPHAENISCUS Becker

Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908:138 . Type species: Sphaeniscus brevicauda Becker, 1908 (= Aciura filiola Loew, 1869), monotypiy. Spheniscomyia Bezzi, 1913: 146 . New name for Sphaeniscus .

Spheniscus Bezzi, 1913: 147 . (Unjustified emendation of Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908 . Preoccupied by Brisson 1760). Pseudopheniscus Hendel, 1913: 82 . Type species: Urophora sexmaculata Macquart, 1843, monotypiy. Spheniscompia Foote, 1984: 125. Miisspelling of Spheniscomyia Bezzi, attributed to “authors”.

Pseudopsphenisca Foote, 1984: 125. Miisspelling of Pseudopheniscus Hendel, attributed to “authors”.