1885  Waagenia Krotov: 205 [homonym, non: Neumayr,1878, Bayle,1878, Kriechbaumer,1874].
     1888  Waagenina Krotov: 474.
     1940  Stacheoceras.-Miller & Furnish: 129.
     1940  Waagenina.-Ruzhentsev: 118.

Type species: Arcestes antiquus Waagen,1879,p.28, SD Miller & Furnish 1940, p.131 [published: March 15, 1940]. [Ruzhentsev designated Nov.4, 1940 Waagenina subinterrupta as type species of  Waagenina.]

The group of Waagenina antiqua is regarded as belonging to Stacheoceras Gemmellaro 1887, the species group around W. subinterrupta as Martoceras Tumanskaya 1938.