Capsus confusus Kirschbaum, 1856: 232, 293. STS: male, female, Germany, Wiesbaden and Mombach; MWNH.
Capsus clavatus (non Linnaeus, 1767): Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836b: 47. Misidentification (see Fieber, 1861: 314).
Pilophorus confusus var. nitidicollis Puton, 1887a: 103. LT (Kerzhner & Matocq, 1994: 62): male, France, Dunkerque; MNHN.