A study of the female genitalia of eight species of Prhytocoris Fallén, 1814 is presented (Phytocoris araucanus Carvalho & Ferreira, P. bergrothi Reuter, P. irroratus Blanchard, P. marmoratus Blanchard, P. obsoletus Blanchard, P. parandinus Carvalho & Ferreira, P. rubrescens Blanchard and P. rubrovenosus Carvalho & Ferreira). Sclerotized rings, posterior wall of bursa copulatrix and sclerotized plate of anterior gonapophyses are illustrated.
Hemiptera; Miridae; Phytocoris; female genitalia; morphology