Syntype; male; f2044e5e-c181-49a0-ae8e-34176ea9c2b5; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg. Syntype; female; ee60a2b0-f8fa-44cb-bd4e-0be74342c128; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg
Catantops villosus Karsch, 1893 in Karsch, 1900: 281.
Catantops tukuyuensis Miller, 1925: 630.
Holotype; male; a2dd37f5-5845-467f-acbd-f647c33f1246; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Mbeya: Tukuyu
Anthermus swynnertoni Uvarov, 1925: 630.
Holotype; male; 0ca8bc56-dc7b-4aec-95bd-c51f530d9d86; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Zimbabwe: Masvingo: Gazaland, Mount Chirinda
Catantops pachycerus Ramme, 1929: 431.
Holotype; female; DORSA BA000233S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Zanzibar
Catantops violaceipennis Ramme, 1929: 431.
Holotype; male; DORSA BA000231S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Central African Republic: Ouham River
Catantops hirtus Miller, 1929: 90.
Holotype; male; 97e36f3d-4b02-4a3b-8d5b-4a48fae13e9d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Tanzania: Kalula
Catantops villosus tukuyensis [sic] (Miller, 1925) in Ramme, 1929: 431.
Catantops simplex var. elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933: 21.
Syntype; female; 1095823a-83bc-4898-9054-3640ff71b966; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Uganda: Kapchorwa: Mount Elgon
Anthermus swynnertoni Uvarov, 1925 in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 237.
Catantops hirtus Miller, 1929 in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 237.
Catantops pachycerus Ramme, 1929 in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 237.
Catantops violaceipennis Ramme, 1929 in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 237.
Catantops simplex var. elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933 (subjective synonym of Catantops tukuyuensis Miller, 1925) in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 237.
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