Dasycercus Peters, 1875 . Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, 1875:73.

TYPE SPECIES: Chaetocercus cristicauda Krefft, 1867 .

SYNONYMS: Amperta, Chaetocercus, Dasyuroides

COMMENTS: Original name Chaetocercus Kreft, 1867 is preoccupied. Includes Dasyuroides; see Mack (1961) and Mahoney and Ride (in Walton, 1988:18).