Brachymna Stål, 1861b: 142. Type species by monotypy: Brachymna tenuis Stål, 1861.
Balsa Walker, 1867a: 410 (junior homonym of Balsa Walker, 1860, Lepidoptera; syn. Distant, 1900f: 386). Type species by monotypy: Balsa extenuata Walker, 1867 (= Brachymna tenuis Stål, 1861).