Empicoris tesselatus McAtee & Malloch, 1926: 131 (junior secondary homonym of Ploeariola tessalata Bergroth, 1914). HT: female, Singapore; USNM.
Empicoris tesselatoides Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960: 267. New name for Empicoris tesselatus McAtee & Malloch, 1926.