Cimex pratensis Linnaeus, 1758: 448. LT (Leston, 1955a: 114): EU; LSUK. Placed on the Official List of Specific Names (Opinion 667/1963).
?Cimex umbellatarum Scopoli, 1763: 133 (syn. Reuter 1888a: 269). STS: Slovenia or Italy, Carniolia; lost.
?Cimex rubecula Goeze, 1778: 279 (syn. Reuter, 1888a: 269). For Cimex sp. in Schaeffer, 1768: pl. 112, fig. 7. ST(S): Germany, Ratisbona [= Regensburg]; lost.
?Lygaeus viridulus Panzer, 1804: 120. Objective synonym of rubecula Goeze, 1778.
Lygaeus umbellatarum Panzer, 1803b: 19 (syn. Illiger in Rossi, 1807: 389). STS: Germany; lost.
Phytocoris alpina Kolenati, 1845: 120 (syn. Flor, 1860: 520). LT (Kerzhner, 1996a: 274): male, Azerbaijan, environs of Elisabethpol [= Gyandzha]; NHMW.
Exolygus pratensis osmanus Wagner, 1966b: 651 (syn. Schwarz & Foottit, 1998: 316, 320). HT: male, Asian Turkey, Manisa, Saruhanli; ZMUH.