Genus Pelastoneurus Loew Paracleius Bigot, 1859: 215, 227. Type species, Dolichopus heteronevrus Macquart (mon.). Senior syn. of Pelastoneurus Loew, 1861. Suppressed by the I.C.Z.N (2004) (see Brooks et al., 2002). Pelastoneurus Loew, 1861: 36. Type species, Pelastoneurus vagans Loew, subs. des. by Coquillett (1910: 586). Ref.: no suitable keys or revisions are available for Neotropical species. Metapelastoneurus Aldrich, 1894: 152. Type species, Metapelastoneurus kansensis Aldrich (mon.). Sarcionus Aldrich, 1901: 341. Type species, Pelastoneurus lineatus Aldrich (orig. des.) Phylarchus Aldrich, 1901: 342. Type species, Phylarchus tripartitus Aldrich (mon.). Preoc. by Phylarchus Simon. Paraclius Kertész, 1909: 230. Type species, Dolichopus heteronevrus Macquart, aut. Unjustified emendation of Paracleius Bigot, 1859. Proarchus Aldrich, 1910: 100. Type species, Phylarchus tripartitus Aldrich, aut. New name for Phylarchus Aldrich, 1901.

Published as part of Capellari, Renato Soares, 2016, FAMILY DOLICHOPODIDAE, pp. 404-413 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 407, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.36, http://zenodo.org/record/258720