Empecta obsoleta Blanchard, 1850

Empecta obsoleta Blanchard, 1850: 153; Gemminger and Harold, 1869: 1162 (catalogue); Künckel d’Herculais, 1887: pl. 16; Dalla Torre, 1912: 168 (catalogue); Dewailly, 1950: 241; Lacroix, 1989: 111

Hoplochelus obsoletus: Alluaud, 1900: 267

Empecta pristinaria Burmeister, 1855: 287 (type locality: " Madagaskar "); Gemminger and Harold, 1869: 1162 (catalogue); Alluaud, 1900: 266; Dalla Torre, 1912: 168 (catalogue); Dewailly, 1950: 230 (syn. of E. obsoleta)

Type locality: " Madagascar " .

Distribution: Madagascar (Blanchard, 1850; Burmeister, 1855; Dewailly, 1950; Lacroix, 1989).