 
  | Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Erebinae (subfamily)/ Poaphilini (tribe)/ Parallelura (genus)/ | 
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Macaldenia | 
| Authorship: | Berio, 1954 | 
| Citation: | Parallelura gen. nov. | 
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Ophiusa palumboides Hampson, 1902. By original designation. | 
| Publication: | Berio E. 1954b. Note sulla sistematica dei generi Achaea Hb. e affini (Lep. Noctuidae). | 
| Journal: | Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana | 
| Volume: | 84 | 
| Issue: | 1–2 | 
| Pagination: | 24 |