Emblethis Fieber, 1860b: 51; 1861a: 197. Type species by subsequent designation (Oshanin, 1912: 38): Emblethis platychilus Fieber, 1861 (= Lygaeus verbasci Fabricius, 1803).
Embolimus Marshall, 1868: 282. Unjustified emendation.
Platychilus Jakovlev, 1874a: 256 (syn. Horváth, 1875b: 80). Type species by monotypy: Platychilus dilaticollis Jakovlev, 1874.