Brachyceroea Fieber, 1858: 327 (as genus; syn. with Dicyphus by Reuter, 1875h: 89; as subgenus by Wagner, 1945: 297, 307). Type species by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1906a: 129): Gerris annulatus Wolff, 1804.
Brachyceraea Fieber, 1860b: 77 and 1861: 324. Unjustified emendation.