Linospa Signoret, 1881c: 37. Type species by subsequent monotypy (Signoret, 1884b: 528): Cydnus hirtus Thunberg, 1783, South Africa.
Hispidocydnus Linnavuori, 1993c: 127 (as subgenus of Amaurocoris; syn. J.A. Lis, 1994a: 43). Type species by original designation: Amaurocoris orbicularis Jakovlev, 1885.