Glymmatophora Stål, 1854b: 261. Type species by subsequent designation (Jeannel, 1919: 259): Glymmatophora submetallica Stål, 1855, S Africa.
Glymmatophoroides Miller, 1954a: 31 (syn.Villiers, 1967a: 160). Type species by original designation: Glymmatophoroides congolensis Miller, 1954, Zaire.