Genus Orthonevra Macquart
Orthonevra Macquart, 1829:188 (40). Type species, Chrysogaster elegans Meigen (mon.).
Refs.: Sedman, 1964 (rev, Keys); Thompson, 1972b: 119–121 (description); Thompson et al. 1976:90–91 (cat.); Thompson, 1981:141 (taxonomic notes); Thompson, 1999a:332.
Orthoneura, emend.
Cryptineura Bigot, 1859:308 . Type species, hieroglyphca Bigot (mon.)= nitida Wiedemann.
Chrysogaster authors (part).