- Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869: 400. (valid)
Holotype; female; e6cd0486-9180-4a54-b212-0c8f45ad3e82; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890: 221.
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- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891: 85.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; f6012683-7155-4080-bda2-0912b70fe898; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika. Syntype; female; 9b1b0528-4e5a-4385-9eea-a98325dda28b; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Zanzibar. Syntype; female; 8b31a34b-4a98-4718-8c41-0cedc9f3cd92; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Zanzibar
- Mataeus bocagei (Bolívar, 1890) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 30.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 27, 30.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Schulthess, 1898: 206.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Brunn, 1901: 271.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Krauss, 1901: 292.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Kirby, 1906: 292.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 in Kirby, 1906: 292.
- Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Pseudophyllus aridus Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1906: 292.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 in Griffini, 1908: 40.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Rehn, 1914: 186.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Chopard, 1935: 8.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Chopard & Kevan, 1954: 335.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Beier, 1954: 300.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 (synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1954: 240.
- Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Pseudophyllus aridus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1954: 29.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 in Beier, 1954: 74.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1957: 52.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 (subjective synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1957: 52.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in de Jong, 1960: 5.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1962: 14.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 (synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1962: 14.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 (subjective synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1962: 14.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1963: 7.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 (synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1963: 7.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 (subjective synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Beier, 1963: 7.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 (synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Vanschuytbroeck, 1972: 2.
- Mustius bocagei Bolívar, 1890 (synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Paris, 1994: 179.
- Mataeus orientalis Karsch, 1891 (subjective synonym of Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus Walker, 1869) in Liana, 1999: 54.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in Hemp, 2013: 346.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in Hemp, 2013: 332.
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) in Hemp, 2017: 180.