Lestomerus Amyot & Serville, 1843: 322. Type species by subsequent designation (Oshanin, 1912: 52): Peirates spinipes Serville, 1831, Senegal.
Brachysandalus Stål, 1867a: 251 (as subgenus of Pirates by Stål, 1874b; as subgenus of Lestomerus by Jeannel, 1919: 253; resurrected as genus by Villiers, 1968c: 1175). Type species by subsequent designation (Jeannel, 1919: 253): Brachysandalus lurco Stål, 1866, Australia.