Carvalhoa

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Acrocerinae
Genus: Carvalhoa
Species (2): C. appendiculata – C. micella

[Source: Koçak & Kemal (2013)]
Name

Carvalhoa Koçak & Kemal, 2013

Type species: Sphaerops appendiculatus Philippi, 1865, automatic.
Synonyms

Sphaerops Philippi, 1865: 646 [preoccupied by Sphaerops Gray, 1845]
Type species: Sphaerops appendiculatus Philippi, 1865, by monotypy.
Carvalhoa Koçak & Kemal, 2013: 4 [new replacement name for Sphaerops Philippi, 1865]

References
Primary references

Koçak, A.Ö. & Kemal, M. 2013. A nomenclatural note in the family Acroceridae (Diptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers 159: 3–4. Internet Archive. Reference page.
Philippi, R.A. 1865. Aufzählung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 15: 595–782. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page.

Additional references

González, C.R., Elgueta, M. & Ramírez, F. 2018. A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa 4374(3): 427–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Schlinger, E.I., Gillung, J.P. & Borkent, C.J. 2013. New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera. ZooKeys 270: 59–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.270.4476 Open access. Reference page.