Megalocoleus Reuter, 1890a: 254. New name for Macrocoleus Fieber, 1858.
Macrocoleus Fieber, 1858: 325 (junior homonym of Macrocoleus Desvignes, 1849, Hymenoptera). Type species by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1906a: 125): Capsus exsanguis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835.