Litocoris Fieber, 1860b: 70 and 1861: 287 (as genus; downgraded by Reuter, 1875g: 154). New name for Tichorhinus Fieber, 1858.
Tichorhinus Fieber, 1858: 314 (junior homonym of Tichorhinus Brandt, 1849, Mammalia) (as genus). Type species by monotypy: Lygaeus ericetorum Fallén, 1807.