Calidea Laporte, 1833: 71. Type species by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1901h: 178): Cimex signatus Fabricius, 1794 (= Calidea panaethiopica Kirkaldy, 1909), tropical Africa.
Callidea Burmeister, 1835: 393. Unjustified emendation.
Libyssa Dallas, 1851a: 4, 20 (syn. Stål, 1865c: 41). Type species by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909a: xxxv): Cimex signatus Fabricius, 1794 (= Calidea panaethiopica Kirkaldy, 1909), tropical Africa.