Leptophthalmus Stål, 1870a: 103, 124 (as genus; downgraded by Stehlík & Kerzhner, 1999: 123). Type species by monotypy: Dysdercus fuscomaculatus Stål, 1863.
Megadysdercus Breddin, 1900a: 162 (as subgenus of Dysdercus) (syn. E. Schmidt, 1932: 278). Type species by monotypy: Dysdercus mesiostigma Distant, 1888 (= Dysdercus fuscomaculatus Stål, 1863).