Plociomerus geniculatus Motschulsky, 1863: 81. LT (Kerzhner & Jansson, 1985: 40): male, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], Colombo; ZMUM.
Plociomera japonica Distant, 1883a: 437 (syn. Scudder, 1970b: 103, with rufipes; removed from syn. with rufipes and syn. with geniculatum by J.A. Slater & Zheng, 1985b: 13, 21. LT (Scudder, 1967c: 270): female, Japan; BMNH.
Stigmatonotum minutum Malipatil, 1978: 22, 23 (syn. J.A. Slater & Zheng, 1985b: 13, 21). HT: male, Australia, Cape York Peninsula, Iron Range; Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia.