Chortinus Aldrich, 1932 is a monobasic genus, with C. bequaerti Aldrich, 1832 as the only known described species, and was considered as a synonym of Cyrtoneurina Giglio-Tos, 1893 by Carvalho et al. (1993). Chortinus is herein revalidate, based on the examination of adults and original description. The male terminalia is herein described for the first time. A key to distinguish these two genera is also presented.
Diptera; Muscidae; Chortinus; taxonomy