Peirates strepitans Rambur, 1839: 174. STS: Spain, Malaga; BMNH.
Pirates niger Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835b: 98. Nomen nudum.
Pirates unicolor Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836b: 90 (nomen oblitum) (syn. Stål, 1866a: 119). HT: Spain.
Pirates rufipennis Lucas, 1849: 52 (syn. Puton, 1886a: 39, as var.). HT: Algeria, nr Alger, Kouba; MNHN.
Peirates lugubris Stål, 1858a: 318 (syn. Reuter, 1881b: 43). ST(S): female, Botswana, between "Eikhams" and Ngami Lake; NHRS.
Pirates niger Wollaston, 1858: 123 (syn. Puton in Noualhier, 1889: 310). ST(S): Madeira.
Pirates coracinus Garbiglietti, 1869: 197 (syn. Puton, 1885a: 137). ST(S): Italy, Sardinia.
Pirates (Cleptocoris) rufescens Villiers, 1948: 234 (syn. Coscarón & Morrone, 1995: 216). HT: Central African Republic, Oubangui-Chari, Fort Archambault [= Chad, Sarh); MNHN Liu et al., 2022: 66).