Genus Picardiella Lichtenstein, 1920

Picardiella Lichtenstein, 1920: 76 . Type species: Cryptus melanoleucus Gravenhorst, 1829 . Monobasic.

Borciella Constantineanu, 1929: 516 . Type species: Borciella crenulata Constantineanu, 1929 (= Cryptus melanoleucus Gravenhorst, 1829). Monobasic.

Nipporicnus Uchida, 1931: 147 . Type species: Acroricnus tarsalis Matsumura, 1912 . Original designation.

Paretha Seyrig, 1952: 200 . Type species: Paretha tarsalis Seyrig, 1952 (= Picardiella seyrigi Townes, Townes & Gupta, 1961). Original designation.

Two species, P. rufa (Uchida, 1932) and P. tarsalis (Matsumura, 1912), have been recorded from Japan. I herein record P. melanoleuca (Gravenhorst, 1829) from Japan for the first time.