Homoeocerus Burmeister, 1835: 300, 303, 316. Type species by subsequent designation (Anonymous, 1845: 673): Homoeocerus nigripes Burmeister, 1835 (= Alydus annulatus Thunberg, 1822), South Africa.
Homoecerus Agassiz, 1843: 10. Unjustified emendation.
Philonus Dallas, 1852a: 438, 448 (syn. Stål, 1873a: 57). Type species by subsequent designation (Kiritshenko, 1916a: 68): Homoeocerus nigripes Burmeister, 1835 (= Alydus annulatus Thunberg, 1822), South Africa.