Naucoris Geoffroy, 1762: 410, 473. Type species by designation under the plenary powers (Opinion 681/1963): Naucoris maculatus Fabricius, 1798 (see discussion in Štys & Jansson, 1988: 12).
Thurselinus Distant, 1904b: 259 (syn. Bergroth, 1911a: 188; as subgenus Poisson, 1949a: 63; syn. La Rivers, 1971: 71). Type species by monotypy: Thurselinus greeni Distant, 1904 (= Naucoris scutellaris Stål, 1858), Sri Lanka.
Naucorisella Poisson, 1949a: 58, 62 (as subgenus; syn. Štys & Jansson, 1988: 12). Type species by original designation: Naucoris parvulus Signoret, 1861, Madagascar.