Macropes dentipes Motschulsky, 1859: 108 (syn. by J.A. Slater & Wilcox, 1973b: 251, with spinimanus Motschulsky; restored by Kerzhner & Jansson, 1985: 40). LT (Kerzhner & Jansson, 1985: 39): male, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]; ZMMU.
Macropes privus Distant, 1909h: 325 (syn. Kerzhner & Jansson, 1985: 40). LT (J.A. Slater & Wilcox, 1973b: 236): female, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], Peradeniya; BMNH.
Macropes abbreviatus Distant, 1918a: 187 (syn. J.A. Slater & Ahmad, 1967: 259, with privus). LT (Péricart, 1999d: 78): male, S India, Kodaikanal; BMNH.