Paraplesius Scott, 1874a: 364 (junior homonym of Paraplesius Förster, 1869 = Azelus Förster, 1869), Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).
Distachys Hsiao, 1964g: 254, 261 (syn. Kikuhara, 2006a: 133, with Paraplesius). Type species by original designation: Distachys vulgaris Hsiao, 1964.