Berytinus Kirkaldy, 1900c: 241 (as genus). Type species by original designation: Cimex clavipes Fabricius, 1775.
Melorus Mulsant & Rey, 1870: 212 (as subgenus of Berytus). Type species by monotypy: Berytus hirticornis Brullé, 1836. Suppressed name (Opinion 1504, 1988: 230).