Pterotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843: 256. Type species by subsequent designation (Blanchard, 1847: 616): Pachymerus staphyliniformis Schilling, 1829.
Aphanosoma (non A. Costa, 1853): Stål, 1872c: 52. Misidentification.
Ptertometus Puton, 1878c: 47. Unjustified emendation.