Pharypia Stål, 1861

The genus can be recognized by having large size and typical coloration pattern; the mandibular plates are shorter or equal than clypeus; the first labial segment surpassing the bucculae; the mesosternal carina reaching the procoxae; the labium reaching or surpassing the abdominal segment III; and the abdominal spine is developed, concealed by the posterior margin of the metasternum (Brailovsky 1987; Rolston et al. 1980; De los Santos et al. 2016).