Ptilocerus Gray, 1831: 34. Type species by monotypy: Ptilocerus fuscus Gray, 1831, India.
Maotys Amyot & Serville, 1843: 318 (syn. Stål, 1874b: 5). Unnecessary new name for Ptilocerus.
Thysanopus Bergroth, 1893e: 78 (as subgenus of Ptilocerus by Villiers, 1948: 358; as genus by Villiers, 1968b: 425). Type species by monotypy: Thysanopus lynx Bergroth, 1893, Zaire.