Cimex rubens Fabricius, 1794: 107. STS: India; ZMUC.
Cimex amethystinus Weber, 1801: 115 (junior primary homonym of Cimex amethystinus Lichtenstein, 1796, but the latter suppressed in Opinion 1820/1995; syn. Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 232). ST(S): Indonesia, Sumatra; ZMUC? (see Edessa amethystina).
Edessa amethystina Fabricius, 1803: 150 (junior secondary homonym and junior, apparently objective, synonym of Cimex amethystinus Weber; syn. Vollenhoven, 1868b: 32). STS: Indonesia, Sumatra; ZMUC (Zimsen, 1964).
Tessaratoma alternata Lepeletier & Serville, 1828: 591 (syn. Burmeister, 1835: 351, with amethystina Fabricius). STS: male, female, Indonesia, Java.
Pycanum alternatum var. amethysta Kirkaldy, 1909a: 371. New name for amethystinus Weber, 1801.