Lachnesthus Bergroth, 1915c: 178. New name for Lachnophorus Reuter, 1887.
Lanchnophorus Reuter, 1887c: 98. Type species by monotypy: Lanchnophorus guttulatus Reuter, 1887, Madagascar and tropical Africa.
Lachnophorus: Distant, 1903b: 68; auct. Unjustified emendation; junior homonym of Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831, Coleoptera.