Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, p. 86.
Type species. - Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood) [Necroscia sipylus] 1859, p. 138, by original designation.

Main characteristics. -  Head elongate and depressed; eyes typically positioned at the front of the head; elytra and wings long, former depressed and usually bluntly humped; operculum acuminate or hind margin round; legs elongate and femora  usually unarmed.

Distribution. - Widely spread  from the Indian Subcontinent up to China, and to New Guinea and Australia

Represented in New Guinea by.
poeciloptera Rehn, 1904, p. 77 &% [ANSP] New Guinea, New 
     Ireland, Aru Islands and Key Islands.
     Necroscia poeciloptera (Rehn) Kirby, 1904a, p. 375.
     Sipyloidea normalis Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 547 &% [NHMW, 
     ZMUH]. (synonymised by Günther, 1933, p. 161).
roseonotata Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 544 % [NHMW, ZMUH].
supervacanea Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 545  % [ZMHB] Key Islands.
pseudosipylus pseudosipylus Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 546 &
     [NHMW, and probably ZMHB].
     Sipyloidea pseudosipylus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1906, p. 14.
     (nomen nudum).
     Sipyloidea  pseudosipylus Redtenbacher Günther, 1929, p. 693. 
     (description of %).
pseudosipylus laevis Günther, 1936, p. 341 &% [SMTD].
dolorosa Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 547 &%. [NHMW, ISNB] Key 
     Islands and Misool Island.
foenosa Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 547 & [NHMW].
abnormis Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 548 &% [NHMW].
excellens Günther, 1929, p. 693 &, pl. 1 fig. 4 [ZMHB].
reticulata Günther, 1930, p. 735 &, fig. 3 [ZMHB].
robusta Günther, 1936, p. 343 &, fig. 17 [SMTD].
spec. Gunther, 1936, p. 343 &[SMTD ?].