Lyroneurus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes 17 species distributed in the Neotropical realm. It was formerly treated as a subgenus of Diaphorus; more recently Lyroneurus has been treated as a synonym of Chrysotus, but Capellari & Amorim (2010) maintains it as a distinct genus noting that Chrysotus is possibly paraphyletic.

Species

The species below are named assuming Lyroneurus is treated as a separate genus:

  • Lyroneurus adustus (Wiedemann, 1830) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Lyroneurus annulatus (Macquart, 1842) – Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Brazil
  • Lyroneurus apicalis Becker, 1922 – Argentina, Paraguay
  • Lyroneurus chalybaeus Röder, 1892 – Ecuador
  • Lyroneurus coerulescens Loew, 1857 – Mexico, Suriname, Ecuador, Argentina
  • Lyroneurus curvispina (Van Duzee, 1929) – Guatemala, Panama
  • Lyroneurus fratellus Becker, 1922 – Colombia, Argentina
  • Lyroneurus laetus Becker, 1922 – Paraguay
  • Lyroneurus luteoviridis Parent, 1935 – Colombia
  • Lyroneurus maculatus Parent, 1930 – Argentina
  • Lyroneurus marginalis Becker, 1922 – Peru, Bolivia
  • Lyroneurus occultus Becker, 1922 – Colombia
  • Lyroneurus perplexus (Van Duzee, 1929) – Panama
  • Lyroneurus praestans Parent, 1931 – Peru
  • Lyroneurus simplex Aldrich, 1896 – Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil
  • Lyroneurus suavis Loew, 1857 – Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Argentina
  • Lyroneurus willistoni (Van Duzee, 1931) – ?Brazil