Genus Oodescelis Motschulsky, 1845

Oodescelis Motschulsky, 1845: 76; Mannerheim, 1846: 219; Seidlitz, 1893: 343, 356 (as subgenus of Platyscelis); Kaszab, 1938a: 49 (as subgenus of Platyscelis); 1940: 937; Egorov, 1991b: 302; 2004: 648; 2008: 294; 2009a: 60; Ren & Yu, 1999: 290; Yu et al., 2000: 163; Ren & Liu, 2009: 1149. Type species: Blaps polita Sturm, 1807 (subsequently designated by Kaszab, 1940).