Genus Empicoris Wolff

1786 Ploiara (non Scopoli): auct.

1811 Empicoris Wolff, 5. Type species: Cimex vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 . By monotypy.

1881 Ploiariodes: White, 58. Type species: Ploiariodes whitei Blackburn, 1881 . By monotypy.

1888 Ploiariola: Reuter, 357. Type species: Cimex vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 . Original designation.

1896 Ploeariodes [sic]: Lethierry and Severin, 71.

1906 Ploeariola [sic]: Bergroth, 305.

1959 Corempis: Dispons in Dispons and Stichel , 83, 85. Type species: Ploiara xambeui Montandon, 1885. By monotypy.

1959 Empicorella: Dispons in Dispons and Stichel, 83, 97. Type species: Empicoris tingitanus Dispons, 1955 (= Ploiariodes rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1889).

Empicoris culiciformis (De Geer)

1773 Cimex culiciformis De Geer, 223 [new species: France].

1966 Empicoris culiciformis: Wygodzinsky, 371 [Argentina]— Maldonado Capriles 1990, 147 [Argentina] — Coscarón 1998c, 161 [Argentina]— Melo and Faúndez 2011, 14 [Argentina].

Empicoris errabundus (Say)

1832 Ploiaria errabunda, 34 [new species: USA].

1966 Empicoris orthoneuron: Wygodzinsky, 382 [Argentina: Córdoba: La Paz, San Javier; Jujuy; Tucumán] — Froeschner 1988, 629. [Argentina]— Maldonado Capriles 1990, 149 [Argentina] .

2005 Empicoris errabundus: Gil-Santana, 140 [Argentina] — Melo and Faúndez 2011, 13 [Argentina].

Empicoris rubromaculatus (Blackburn)

1889 Ploiariodes rubromaculatus Blackburn, 349 [new species: unknown].

1966 Empicoris rubromaculatus: Wygodzinsky, 384 [Argentina: Tucumán: Marcos Paz]— Viana and Williner 1978, 72 [Argentina: Córdoba: San Javier]—Maldonado Capriles 1990, 150 [Argentina]— Coscarón 1998c, 161 [Argentina]— Turienzo and Di Iorio 2007, 21 [Argentina: Buenos Aires]—Martin-Park and Coscarón 2011, 52 [Argentina]— Melo and Faúndez 2011, 14 [Argentina].