Subgenus Cercyon Leach, 1817

Cercyon Leach, 1817: 95 (Type species: Dermestes melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758).

Cerycon Rey, 1886: 156 (Type species: Sphaeridium minutum sensu Gyllenhal, 1808 = Sphaeridium triste Illiger, 1801). Cheilocercyon Seidlitz, 1888: [Arten] 112 (Type species: Scarabaeus quisquilius Linnaeus, 1760).

Cyceron Shatrovskiy, 1992: 362 (365) (Type species: Cercyon dux Sharp, 1873).

Epicercyon Kuwert, 1890b: 168 (Type species: Cercyon granarium Erichson, 1837).

Ercycon Rey, 1886: 129 (Type species: Sphaeridium littorale Gyllenhal, 1808).

Paraliocercyon Ganglbauer, 1904: 274 (Type species: Cercyon depressum Stephens, 1829).