Brachycoleus Fieber, 1858: 305. Type species by monotypy: Lygaeus scriptus Fabricius, 1803 (= Brachycoleus decolor Reuter, 1887).
Trichocalocoris Wagner, 1952a: 46, 47 (as of Calocoris; syn. Rosenzweig, 1997: 156). Type species by original designation: Capsus pilicornis Panzer, 1805.