| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Benin |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Ghana |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Guinea |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Ivory Coast |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Mali |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Niger |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Nigeria |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Senegal |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Togo |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West-Central Tropical Africa, Cameroon |
| | | holotype of species Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope |
| | | holotype of synonym Calamus linearis Saussure, 1862 | Africa |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula albovittata Sjöstedt, 1923 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Congo |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula fenestrata Sjöstedt, 1923 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Congo: Boko District |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula lamani Sjöstedt, 1923 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Zaire: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula magniplaga Sjöstedt, 1931 | West Tropical Africa, Burkina: Pundu |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula tesselata variety reducta Sjöstedt, 1931 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Congo: Brazzaville |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula sulcata Sjöstedt, 1923 | Northeast Tropical Africa, Sudan: Khor Attar |
| | | holotype of synonym Cannula tesselata Sjöstedt, 1923 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Zaire: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| | | paratype of species Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northeast Tropical Africa, Ethiopia: Omo Valley, Chocio |