Elachiptera Macquart, 1835: 621 .
Type species: Chlorops brevipennis Meigen, 1830: 159 — Germany. Designation: original.
Myrmemorpha Dufour, 1833: 218 .
Type species: Myrmemorpha brachyptera Dufour, 1833: 219 — Spain. Designation: monotypy. Senior name but not available after article 23 of the Code, see above.
Mirmemorpha Dufour, 1833: 220—error.
Myrmecomorpha Blanchard, 1840: 629 —unjustified emendation of Myrmemorpha .
Crassiseta von Roser, 1840: 63.
Type species: Oscinis cornuta Fallén, 1820: 6 — Sweden. Designation: Corti, 1909: 12.
Mirmemorpha Rondani, 1841: 281 (Note)—error or unjustified emendation.
Pachychaeta Loew, 1845: 50 —proposed in synonymy with Crassiseta von Roser. Type species Oscinis cornuta Fallén, 1820: 6 — Sweden. Designation: Andersson 1977: 68, incorrectly stated as monotypy.
Elachyptera Agassiz, 1847: 135 —unjustified emendation.
Myrmecomorpha Agassiz, 1847: 243 —unjustified emendation of Myrmemorpha .
Macrochetum Rondani, 1856: 127
Type species: Oscinis cornuta Fallén, 1820: 6 — Sweden. Designation: original.
Macrochoetum Bezzi, 1892: 43 (see O’Hara et al., 2011: 110)
Macrochaetum Bezzi, 1894: 343 (see O’Hara et al., 2011: 110)
Macrochoetum Bezzi, 1894: 351—unjustified emendation.
Ceratobarys Coquillett, 1898: 45 .
Type species: Hippelates eulophus Loew, 1872: 104 — USA. Designation: original.
Macrochaetum, error (Corti, 1909: 128).
Myrmecomorpha Corti, 1909: 141 —subsequent usage of the unjustified emendation of Myrmemorpha . Type species: Chlorops brevipennis Meigen, 1830: 159 - Germany. Designation: monotypy.
Megachetum Rondani (Becker, 1910: 119) —lapsus.
Doliomyia Johannsen, 1924: 89; as subgenus of Melanochaeta .
Type species: Melanochaeta longiventris Johannsen, 1924: 89 — USA. Designation: original.
Neoelachiptera Séguy, 1938a: 360 .
Type species: Neoelachiptera lerouxi Séguy, 1938a: 360 — Kenya. Designation: original.
Melanochaeta authors nec Bezzi, in part.