Genus Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 567. Type species, Achaetoneura anisotae Webber (subs. des. ICZN, 1983) (see Evenhuis et al., 2010: 97). Refs.: Guimarães, 1983a (rev., generic diagnosis, key to Brazilian species); Thompson, 1965: 371 (key to Trinidad genera; rev. of species from Trinidad); Guimarães, 1971a: 208 (cat.); Toma, 2010 (rev. and key to Venezuelan species); Wood & Zumbado, 2010: 1363 (key to Central American genera of Tachinidae). Achaetoneura Brauer & Bergestamm, 1891: 334. Espécie-tipo: hesperus Brauer & Bergestamm (subs. des. Townsend, 1908) (= Masicera frenchii Williston) Parafrontina Brauer & Bergestamm, 1893: 115. Espécie-tipo: apicalis Brauer & Bergestamm (mon.) (= Tachina archippivora Riley) Rileyella Townsend, 1909: 249. Especie-tipo: Tachina aletiae Riley (orig. des.) Zygofrontina Townsend, 1915h: 427. Espécie-tipo: capitis Townsend (orig. des.) Masiceropsis Townsend, 1916a: 178. Espécie-tipo: Masicera pauciseta Coquillett (orig. des.) (= Tachina archippivora Riley) Ypophaemyia Townsend, 1916c: 75. Espécie-tipo: malacosomae Townsend (orig. des.) (= Tachina archippivora Riley) Gymnoerycia Townsend, 1916c: 75. Espécie-tipo: rubra Townsend (orig. des.) Euparafrontina Brèthes, 1917: 17. Espécie-tipo: martinezi Brèthes (mon.) Prophryno Townsend, 1927: 262. Espécie-tipo: aurulans Townsend (orig. des.) Achaetoneuropsis Townsend, 1927: 272. Espécie-tipo: affinis Townsend (orig. des.) Myiosturmia Townsend, 1927: 272. Espécie-tipo: mixta Townsend (orig. des.) Zygofrontiniopsis Blanchard, 1959: 173. Espécie-tipo: williamsi Blanchard (orig. des.) Frontina of authors, nec Meigen.

Published as part of Nihei, Silvio S., 2016, FAMILY TACHINIDAE, pp. 904-949 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on pages 928-929, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.76, http://zenodo.org/record/257369