Aethus Dallas, 1851a: 110, 112. Type species by subsequent designation (Van Duzee, 1914b: 378): Cydnus indicus Westwood, 1837, India.
Trichosternus Mulsant & Rey, 1866b: 24 (as subgenus of Cydnus; syn. Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 65). Type species by subsequent designation (China, 1943: 220): Cydnus pilosus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1834.
Stilbocydnus Wagner, 1951t: 63 (as subgenus of Aethus; syn. J.A. Lis, 1996b: 247). Type species by original designation: Aethus laevis Wagner, 1951 (= Aethus laevioides J.A. Lis, 1996).