Mecidea Dallas, 1851a (after 1 July): 139. Type species by subsequent designation (Distant, 1902a: 140): Mecidea indica Dallas, 1851.
Cerataulax Signoret, 1851c (1 Nov.): 335 (syn. Dallas, 1852b: 8). Type species by monotypy: Cerataulax quadrivittatus Signoret, 1851, Africa.