Genus Holcocephala Jaennicke

Discocephala Macquart, 1838: 50 (1839: 166) (preocc. Jaennicke, 1932). Type species, Discocephala rufiventris Macquart, 1838 (sub. des., Coquillett, 1910: 534) = Holcocephala abdominalis (Say, 1823) . Refs.: Papavero, 2009: 135 (cat.).

Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1867: 359 (nom. nov. for Discocephala Macquart, 1838). Type species, Discocephala rufiventris Macquart, 1838 (aut.) = Holcocephala abdominalis (Say, 1823) .

Helcocephala Loew, 1874: 377, error.

Holocephala Williston, 1891: 72 (cat.), error.

Arthriticopus Enderlein, 1914b: 161 . Type species, Arthriticopus nodosipes Enderlein, 1914 (orig. des.)

Rhipidocephala Hermann, 1926: 174 . Type species, Discocephala analis Macquart, 1846 (orig. des.).