Eoctenes Kirkaldy, 1906b: 375. Type species by original designation: Polyctenes spasmae Waterhouse, 1879, Oriental Region.
Ctenoplax Horváth, 1910d: 572 (syn. Jordan, 1912: 571). Type species by monotypy: Ctenoplax nycteridis Horváth, 1910, Afrotropical Region.
Syncrotus Horváth, 1910d: 573 (junior homonym of Syncrotus Bergroth, 1895, Heteroptera; syn. Jordan, 1911: lxiv). Type species by original designation: Polyctenes talpa Speiser, 1898 (= Polyctenes spasmae Waterhouse, 1879), Oriental Region.
Hemischizus Horváth, 1911b: 336. New name for Syncrotus Horváth, 1910.