Poecilocoris Dallas, 1848: 100. New name for Poecilochroma A. White, 1842.
Poecilochroma A. White, 1842a: 84 (junior homonym of Poecilochroma Stephens, 1829, Lepidoptera). Type species by monotypy: Cimex druraei Linnaeus, 1771.
Ioglena Stål, 1873a: 12 (as subgenus of Poecilocoris; syn. Schouteden, 1904a: 20). Type species by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909a: xxxv): Tetyra denovani Burmeister, 1834, Philippines.