Mevania hystrix Gerstaecker, 1873: 408. HT: male, Kenya, Mombasa; ZMHB.
Mevanidea granulifera Reuter, 1882a: 12 (syn. Linnavuori, 1978: 36). HT: female, Ghana, Addah [= Ada]; MZHF.
Mevanidea kilimana Schouteden, 1912c: 55 (syn. Schouteden, 1938: 295). LT (Dolling, 1986: 189): male, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro; NHRS.