Brachyplatys Boisduval, 1835: 627. Type species by monotypy: Brachyplatys vanikorensis Boisduval, 1835, Australian Region.
Platycephala Laporte, 1833: 73 (as subgenus of Coptosoma; junior homonym of Platycephala Fallén, 1820, Diptera; syn. A. White, 1839: 539). Type species by subsequent designation (Kuhlgatz, 1901: 205): Platycephala metallica Laporte, 1833, patria ignota.
Plataspis Westwood, 1837: 16. New name for Platycephala Laporte, 1833.