Cimex faber Fabricius, 1787: 297. STS: Vietnam, Poulicandor [= Con Dao Is.]; BMNH, ZMUC.
Melamphaus faber var. distanti E. Schmidt, 1932: 244. HT: male, Indonesia, Sumatra, Soekaranda; ZMPA.
Melamphaus faber var. vicinus E. Schmidt, 1932: 245. HT: male, locality unknown; ZMHB.
Melamphaus komodoensis Kiritshenko, 1963b: 63 (syn. Stehlík & Kerzhner, 1999: 124). LT (Stehlík & Kerzhner, 1999: 124): male, Indonesia, Komodo Is.; ZMAS.