Gerris thoracica Schummel, 1832: 46. STS: 6 males, 21 females, Poland, Silesia.
Hydrometra abbreviata Fabricius, 1803: 258 (syn. Stål, 1868a: 131). HT: larva, France, Pyrénées; ZMUC (see note).
Limnotrechus plebejus Horváth, 1878b: 133 (syn. Puton, 1879b: 156). STS: Hungary; HNHM.
Gerris thoracicus var. fuscinotum Reuter, 1880a: 191. ST(S): Finland; MZHF.
Gerris thoracicus var. rapidus Horváth, 1904a: 582. STS: Turkmenistan (Aschabad), UZ? ("Amu Darya") and Kirgizia (Przhevalsk, probably misidentified); HNHM.
Gerris thoracicus var. fuscidorsum Horváth, 1914a: 660. Unjustified new name for Gerris thoracicus var. fuscinotum Reuter, 1880.
Gerris thoracicus var. reymondi Poisson, 1950: 37. STS: Algeria, Reggan, Touat; BMNH, USNM.