Dong Zhiming
The genus was named by Dong Zhiming in 1982. The type species is "Huanhepterus quingyangensis". The genus name refers to the Huang Jian (not the Yellow River or "Huang He", but a smaller tributary of the Jinghe River in Gansu), and combines it with a Latinized Greek "pteron", "wing". The specific name refers to Qinyang County.