Corixa Geoffroy, 1762: 478. Type species by designation under the plenary powers (Opinion 281/1954): Sigara punctata Illiger, 1807.
Corisa Amyot & Serville, 1843: 445. Unjustified emendation, suppressed (Opinion 739/1965).
Macrocorisa Thomson, 1869: 28 (as subgenus of Corisa; syn. Kirkaldy, 1901b: 44). Type species by subsequent designation (Distant, 1911a: 339): Corixa geoffroyi Leach, 1817 (= Sigara punctata Illiger, 1807).