Velia Latreille, 1804b: 167. Type species by subsequent designation (Latreille, 1810: 434): Cimex rivulorum Fabricius, 1775.
Ploteris Rafinesque, 1815: 120. Unnecessary new name for Velia Latreille.
Macrovelia Tamanini, 1947: 22 (as subgenus of Velia) (junior homonym of Macrovelia Uhler, 1872). Type species by original designation: Velia major Puton, 1879 (= Cimex rivulorum Fabricius, 1775).
Gregarivelia Tamanini, 1949a: 40 (as subgenus of Velia). New name for Macrovelia Tamanini.
Pseudomacrovelia Poisson, 1949b: 119 (as subgenus of Velia). New name for Macrovelia Tamanini.