Genus Cordyligaster Macquart

Cordyligaster Macquart, 1844: 247 (1844: 90) . Type species, Dexia petiolata Wiedemann (orig. des.). Refs.: Aldrich, 1927b: 85 (key to species), Curran, 1934a: 492 (key to Guyanan tachinids); Guimarães, 1971a: 111 (cat.); Guimarães, 1971b: 99 (rev.), Sabrosky, 1973: 217 (rev., key to species); Wood & Zumbado, 2010: 1396 (key to Central American genera of Tachinidae).

Megistogaster Macquart, 1851: 185 (1851: 212) . Type species, fuscipennis Macquart (subs. des. Townsend, 1916b: 7) (= petiolata (Wiedemann) .

Cordylidexia Giglio-Tos, 1894: 67 . Unnecessary nom. nov. for Cordyligaster Macquart. Type species, Dexia petiolata Wiedemann (mon.).

Eucordylidexia Townsend, 1915e: 41 . Type species, ategulata Townsend (orig. des.) (= petiolata (Wiedemann) .

Eucordyligaster Townsend, 1917b: 123 . Type species, Cordyligaster septentrionalis Townsend (orig. des.).