Blissus Burmeister, 1835: 290. Type species by monotypy: Blissus hirtulus Burmeister, 1835.
Geoblissus Hidaka, 1959a: 269 (subjective synonym; see Péricart, 1999a: 260 and note below). Type species by monotypy: Geoblissus rotundatus Hidaka, 1959 (= Blissus hirtulus Burmeister, 1835).