Chlorodesmis major Zanardini, 1874: 504–505 (type locality: Lord Howe Island).—Ducker, 1967: 167–169, pls. 7, 8, 17, 18.— Isaac, 1971: 6.— Farghaly, 1980: 92, 208–209.— Lawson, 1980: 8.
Misapplied name (fide Ducker, 1967: 167):
Chlorodesmis hildebrandtii.—Isaac, 1957b: 83, figs. 4, 5.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique.