Cimex purpureipennis De Geer, 1773: 258. STS: male, female, Sweden?; NHRS.
Cimex nigricornis Fabricius, 1775: 701 (syn. Fallén, 1807: 47). STS: Germany, Saxonia; ZMUC.
Cimex porphyropterus Gmelin, 1790: 2147. New name for purpureipennis De Geer, 1773.
Carpocoris (Codophila) tarsata Mulsant & Rey, 1866b: 246 (syn. Puton, 1881h: 76, with nigricornis). ST(S): France.
Carpocoris nigricornis var. pyrosoma Westhoff, 1884: 44. ST(S): Germany, Münster; lost.
Carpocoris purpuripennis [sic] var. sexmaculatus Péneau, 1921: 56. ST(S): France, Île de Ré; lost?
Carpocoris pudicus f. fumarius Stichel, 1924: 202 (syn. Tamanini, 1958c: 343). ST(S): Germany, Spandau nr Berlin; lost.
Carpocoris purpureipennis f. maculata Tamanini, 1958c: 348, 384. STS: Italy, Toscana, Firenze; MCRI, MSNM, MSNV. Specimen labelled HT in MCRI (Martinelli, 2000: 203).
Carpocoris purpureipennis f. japonensis Tamanini, 1959a: 126. HT: male, Japan, Honshu, Masutomi Kai; MCRI.