| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Indian Subcontinent, India |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Indian Subcontinent, Pakistan |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northern Africa, Libya |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northern Africa, Algeria |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southwestern Europe, Portugal |
| | | syntype of synonym Gryllotalpa confusa Chopard, 1939; lectotype of synonym Gryllotalpa confusa Chopard, 1939 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Zaire: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru |
| | | neotype of subspecies Gryllotalpa africana africana Palisot de Beauvois, 1820 | Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal: Mkuze Game Reserve |
| | | unspecified primary type of synonym Gryllotalpa fossor Scudder, 1869; lectotype of synonym Gryllotalpa fossor Scudder, 1869 | Southern Africa, Cape Province |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Indian Subcontinent, India, Tamil Nadu |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Macaronesia, Canary Is.: La Gomera |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Western Indian Ocean, Madagascar |