Literature and Synonymy
- Novelsis subgenus Paranovelsis Casey, 1900:148 - Type species: Attagenus varicolor Jayne, 1882:345
- Genattus Sharp, 1902:646 - Type species: Genattus aequalis Sharp, 1902:646
- Novelsis: Beal, 1954b:73
- Novelsis subgenus Paranovelsis: Mroczkowski, 1968:98
- Attagenini group IV: Beal, 1970:152
- Novelsis: Háva, 2003:73
- Paranovelsis: Háva in Zahradník & Háva, 2014:306
- Lanorus: Zhou et al., 2022:14
Type Taxon
- Dermestes vigintiguttatus Fabricius, 1775:56