Dicranocephalus Hahn, 1826: pl. 24, caption and legend. Type species by monotypy: Cimex nugax Fabricius, 1781 (= Cimex agilis Scopoli, 1763).
Stenocephala Berthold, 1827: 417. Type species by subsequent designation (China, 1943: 231): Cimex nugax Fabricius, 1781 (= Cimex agilis Scopoli, 1763).
Stenocephalus Latreille, 1829b: 633 (syn. Westwood, 1840b: 123). Type species by original designation: Cimex nugax Fabricius, 1781 (= Cimex agilis Scopoli, 1763).
Dicranomerus Hahn, 1831: 22 (syn. Burmeister, 1835: 328, with Stenocephalus). Type species by monotypy: Cimex nugax Fabricius, 1781 (= Cimex agilis Scopoli, 1763).
Psotilnus Stål, 1860c: 468 (syn. Moulet, 1995b: 355). Type species by monotypy: Psotilnus mucronifer Stål, 1860, South Africa.
Dichomerus Stål, 1873a: 85 (as subgenus of Stenocephalus). Type species by subsequent designation (Kerzhner, 2003a: 101): Stenocephalus caffer Dallas, 1852.