Genus Eicherax Bigot,

Eristicus Loew, 1848: 396 (preocc. Wesmael, 1844). Type species, Erax nigripes Bellardi, 1861 (sub. des., Hull, 1962: 476) = Eicherax bellardii (Schiner, 1868) .

Eicherax Bigot, 1857: 548 (in key). Type species, Erax simplex Macquart, 1848 (orig. des.). Ref.: Papavero, 2009: 25 (cat.). Neoeristicus Osten Sacken, 1878: 81 (cat.; nom. nov. for Eristicus Loew, 1848).