Polididus Stål, 1858b: 448. Type species by monotypy: Polididus spinosissimus Stål, 1858, Guinea (Old Calabar).
Acanthodesma Uhler, 1896: 271 (syn. Bergroth, 1914b: 362). Type species by monotypy: Acanthodesma perarmata Uhler, 1896 (= Polididus armatissimus Stål, 1859).