Hypneocolax stellaris Børgesen forma orientalis Weber-van Bosse, 1928: 393, fig. 143 (type locality: Dobo, Aru Islands, Indonesia).—Jaasund, 1976: 99, fig. 202 (without designation of forma).— Jaasund, 1977c: 424.— Lawson, 1980: 52.
Hypneocolax stellaris Børgesen subsp. orientalis (Weber-van Bosse) Womersley, 1994: 446, 448 (including Indian Ocean record).
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Tanzania.