Genus Lydella Robineau-Desvoidy

Lydella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 112 . Type species, grisescens Robineau-Desvoidy (subs. des. Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 855). Refs.: Curran, 1934a: 494 (key to Guyanan tachinids); Townsend, 1936a: 224 (in key to Germariini genera, as Metagonistylum); Townsend, 1936b: 222 (in key to Lydellini genera); Townsend, 1939a: 341 (generic diagnosis of Metagonistylum); Townsend, 1941: 190 (generic diagnosis); Guimarães, 1971a: 210 (cat.); Woodley, 1994: 131 (generic redefinition, synonymies, new species); Wood & Zumbado, 2010: 1366 (key to Central American genera of Tachinidae).

Metagonistylum Townsend, 1927: 379 . Type species, minense Townsend (orig. des.).

Amazonella Myers, 1934: 191 . Nomen nudum.