| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [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] | Northeast Tropical Africa, Somalia |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Kenya |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Tanzania |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Angola |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe |
| | | holotype of synonym Heteropternis violaceipennis Ramme, 1929 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Central African Republic: origin of Pama River |
| | | holotype of species Heteropternis pugnax Bolívar, 1912 | South Tropical Africa, Zambia: Mpika |
| | | paratype of synonym Heteropternis violaceipennis Ramme, 1929 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Central African Republic: origin of Pama River |
| | | paratype of synonym Heteropternis violaceipennis Ramme, 1929 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Central African Republic: origin of Pama River |
| | | allotype of synonym Heteropternis violaceipennis Ramme, 1929 | West-Central Tropical Africa, Central African Republic: origin of Pama River |