Cephalocteus Dufour, 1834: 342. Type species by monotypy: Cephalocteus histeroides Dufour, 1834 (= Cydnus scarabaeoides Fabricius, 1803).
Cephaloctenus Schiødte, 1843b : 330. Unjustified emendation.
Cephalocteis Agassiz, 1846: 71. Unjustified emendation.
Amblyottus Amyot & Serville, 1843: 92 (syn. J.A. Lis, 1999a: 170). Type species by monotypy: Amblyottus dufouri Amyot & Serville, 1843 (= Cydnus scarabaeoides Fabricius, 1803).