Petalocheirus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805: 13. Type species by subsequent designation (Guérin-Méneville, 1828: 283): Petalocheirus rubiginosus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805, Guinea.
Petalochirus Burmeister, 1835: 246; auct. Incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation.
Platychiria Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850: 126 (downgraded to subgenus by Stål, 1874b: 81; restored by Villiers, 1965: 285). Type species by monotypy: Platychiria umbrosa Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850, S Africa.