Polyctenes Giglioli, 1864: 25. Type species by monotypy: Polyctenes molossus Giglioli, 1864.
Euroctenes Kirkaldy, 1906c: 375 (syn. Horváth, 1910d: 573). Type species by original designation: Polyctenes lyrae Waterhouse, 1879 (= Polyctenes molossus Giglioli, 1864).