Peirates Serville, 1831: 215. Type species by subsequent designation (Lucas, 1839: 458): Cimex stridulus Fabricius, 1787.
Pirates Burmeister, 1835: auct. Incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation.
Cleptocoris Stål, 1867a: 251 (as subgenus of Pirates by Stål, 1874b: 58; resurrected as genus by Villiers, 1964: 183). Type species by subsequent designation (Oshanin, 1912: 51): Peirates lugubris Stål, 1858 (= Peirates strepitans Rambur, 1839).
Microsandalus Stål, 1867a: 250 (as subgenus of Pirates by Stål, 1874b: 59). Type species by monotypy: Microsandalus umbrosus Stål, 1867, N Australia.
Spilodermus Stål, 1868a: 122 (as subgenus of Pirates by Stål, 1874b: 58; resurrected as genus by Villiers, 1963: 543; syn. Coscarón, 1996: 501). Type species by monotypy: Reduvius quadrinotatus Fabricius, 1796.