| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | syntype of synonym Zonocerus elegans variety brevipennis Saussure, 1899; lectotype of synonym Zonocerus elegans variety brevipennis Saussure, 1899 | East Equatorial Africa: Gallaland |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West-Central Tropical Africa, Rwanda |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West-Central Tropical Africa, Zaire |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Kenya |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Tanzania |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Uganda |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Angola |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Malawi |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Mozambique |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Zambia |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Botswana |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Cape Province |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Free State |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Lesotho |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Namibia |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Swaziland |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Transvaal |
| | | syntype of synonym Poecilocera atriceps Gerstaecker, 1869; lectotype of synonym Poecilocera atriceps Gerstaecker, 1869 | |
| | | unspecified primary type of synonym Zonocerus hova Saussure, 1899 | Western Indian Ocean, Madagascar |
| | | holotype of subspecies Zonocerus elegans elegans (Thunberg, 1815) | Africa |
| | | syntype of synonym Poekilocerus roseipennis Serville, 1831; lectotype of synonym Poekilocerus roseipennis Serville, 1831 | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope |
| | | syntype of synonym Poekilocerus roseipennis Serville, 1831; paralectotype of synonym Poekilocerus roseipennis Serville, 1831 | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope |
| | | syntype of synonym Poekilocerus roseipennis Serville, 1831; paralectotype of synonym Poekilocerus roseipennis Serville, 1831 | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope |