Microtrachelia Blöte, 1929: 162 (as genus; downgraded by Wagner, 1952b: 26). Type species by original designation: Microtrachelia dimorpha Blöte, 1929 (= Triphleps retamae Noualhier, 1893).
Macrotrachelia (non Reuter, 1871): Péricart, 1967b: 153. Misprint.