Described as
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912a: p. 109
Type species: Parochlus fuegianus Enderlein, 1912a: p. 109 (not Palaearctic)
Synonymy
Paratanypus Garrett, 1925a: p. 8; Type species: Paratanypus kiefferi Garrett, 1925
Kohlium Enderlein, 1930a: p. 244; Type species: Tanypus steineni Gercke, 1889
Podonomus : auctt. nec Philippi, 1865