Original description:
- Schedel, Frederic D. B & V.M.S. Kupriyanov, C. Katongo, U.K. Schliewen. 2020. "Palaeoplex gen. nov. and Lufubuchromis gen. non, two new monotypic cichlid genera (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from northern Zambia". Zootaxa. 4718(2):191–229. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.2.3 (crc02709) (abstract)
Type species: Palaeoplex palimpsest Schedel, Kupriyanov, Katongo & Schliewen, 2020 (monotypy).