Phaeocoris has usually been placed near the sciocorine genus Dyroderes. Kerzhner (1973a) erroneously placed Phaeocoris (and both of its synonyms: Timuria and Tancreisca) as a junior synonym of Dymantis, a myrocheine genus generally restricted to Africa. The tribal placement is unclear (Gapon & Baena, 2005).