Genus Sylvicola Harris, 1780: 100 .

Type species: Sylvicola brevis Harris, 1780 (by subs. des. Coquillett, 1910: 610) (= Tipula fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763)) .

= Phryne Meigen, 1800: 16 . Type species: Tipula fuscata Fabricius, 1775 (by subs. des. Coquillett, 1910: 589). Unavailable, suppressed by ICZN, 1963: 339.

= Anisopus Meigen, 1803: 264 . Type species: Anisopus fuscus Meigen, 1804 (by subs. des. Coquillett, 1910: 507) = Tipula fuscata (Fabricius, 1775) .

= Rhyphus Latreille, 1804: 188 . Type species: Tipula fenestralis Scopoli, 1763 (as fenestrarum, error; mon.).

= Tonnoirina Amorim & Tozoni, 1994: 531 . Type species: Anisopus festivus Edwards, 1928 (orig. des.). Michelsen, 1999: 70 (syn.).

Refs.: Hunter, 1900: 298 (cat., Rhyphus); Kertész, 1902: 304 (cat.); Knab, 1912: 111 (com.); Edwards, 1928: 10 (in key, Anisopus, diag.), 14 (key for Neotropical species); Edwards, 1930: 115 (diag.); Fuller, 1935: 292 (des. immature stages Australasian species); Stuardo, 1946: 39 (cat.); Thompson & Rogers, 1992: 49 (in key), 50 (included species); Amorim & Tozoni, 1994: 531 (phy.); Michelsen, 1999: 69 (tax., Sylvicola); Thompson, 2006: 14 (in key).