Mictis Leach, 1814: 91. Type species by monotypy: Mictis crucifera Leach, 1814 (= Lygaeus profanus Fabricius, 1803), Australia.
Myctis Leach, 1815: 121 (footnote). For Mictis Leach, 1814. Unjustified emendation or error.
Cerbus Hahn, 1831: 7, 14 (syn. Westwood, 1842c: 4). Type species by subsequent designation (O’Shea & Schaefer, 1980: 229): Cerbus fulvicornis sensu Hahn, 1831 (= Myctis longicornis Westwood, 1842), Oriental Region.
Lygaeomictis Blöte, 1938: 294 (syn. O’Shea & Schaefer, 1980: 229). Type species by original designation: Lygaeomictis dilatipes Blöte, 1938, Timor.