Cimex superbus Pollich, 1781: 268. ST(S): Germany, Weilburg; lost.
Cimex punctatoguttatus Fabricius, 1781: 365 (syn. Reuter, 1885g: 202). HT: ? (abdomen missing), Italy; ZMUC.
Cimex discolor Gmelin, 1790: 2173. Unnecessary new name for punctatoguttatus Fabricius, 1781.
Lygaeus schummelii Schilling, 1829: 60 (syn. Puton, 1886a: 21). ST(S): Poland, Silesia, between Silberberg and Wartha [= Wojborz]; lost.
Lygaeus superbus var. melanogaster Horváth, 1899e: 283 (upgraded to species by Horváth, 1916c: 463; syn. Josifov, 1965b: 327). LT (Péricart, 1996b: 157): female, Spain, Cartagena; HNHM.
Melanocoryphus confluens Horváth, 1916c: 463 (syn. Josifov, 1965b: 327). LT (Péricart, 1996b: 154): male, Spain, Ciudad Real; HNHM.
Melanocoryphus sanctus Horváth, 1916c: 468 (syn. Josifov, 1965b: 327). LT (Péricart, 1996b: 157): male, Israel, Jordan; HNHM.
Melanocoryphus superbus var. kolenatii Horváth, 1916c: 465. STS: female, Spain and Armenia (Transcaucasia); HNHM.
Melanocoryphus superbus var. erythropus Horváth, 1916c: 466. STS: female, Greece (Crete, Dhia Is. nr Heraklion) and Yugoslavia (Serbia, Vranja); HNHM.
Spilostethus superbus var. conjunctus Mancini, 1952b: 59. LT (Péricart, 1998a: 278): female, Italy, Roma, Tre Fontane; MCSN.
?Melanocoryphus superbus beieri Wagner, 1956p: 302 (syn. Stichel, 1959: 313). HT: female, Greece, Argostolion; NHMW.
?Melanocoryphus superbus f. romana Stichel, 1957: 142.