Citation	Auteur	Année	Page	Romains	Figure	Patrie	Catégorie
Purpuricenus Westwoodii	White	1853	139			S. Africa	nomen nudum (see Bjørnstad, 2019: 14)
Philagathes Lœtus	Thomson	1864	197			Lac Ngamy (Africa mer.)
Philagathes Wahlbergii	Fåhraeus	1872	68			Caffraria
Philagathes lætus	Thomson	1878	6				Types
Philagathes lætus var. congoanus	Aurivillius	1910	172			Congogebiet: Leopoldville und Luluaburg
Purpuricenus laetus lengerkeni	Kuntzen	1915	35		figs 11-18	Lindi, Tendaguru-Lindi, Ntschitschira-Mahuta-Newala, Lukuledi, Puguberge und Kisserewe, Deutsch-Ostafrika (wahrscheinlich Westikami), Kigonsera in Ungoni, Uhehe-Iringa, mittlerer Sambesi
Purpuricenus laetus füllebomi	Kuntzen	1915	35			Langenburg, Nordnyassasee ; Konde-Unyika
Purpuricenus laetus glauningi	Kuntzen	1915	36			Rukwasteppe ; Unyika-Mbosi ; Ugaga-Mguruka, Osttanganyika; Uvinza
Purpuricenus laetus kambanus	Kuntzen	1915	36			Kibwezi ; Ssonnyo
Purpuricenus laetus cubalicus	Kuntzen	1915	36			Rio Cubal, Benguela
Purpuricenus goetzei	Kuntzen	1915	37			Mgunda-Mkali ; Ubena-Langenburg nördlich vom Nyassasee ; Urundi-Ruanda
Purpuricenus frommi	Kuntzen	1915	37			Süd-Tanganyikasee, Msamwia in Süd-Ufipa
Purpuricenus laetus laetus	Kuntzen	1915	34			Humbe in Südbenguella, Pretoria, Lydenburg-Distrikt, Matabeleland, Bulawayo, Delagoabai, Sikumba, mittlerer Sambesi, Pandama Tenka, Ost-Betschuanaland, Transvaal, Deutsch-Südwestafrika	Distribution
Purpuricenus laetus	Lepesme	1948	311, 314
Purpuricenus Machadoi	Lepesme	1948	311, 313			Angola, Trypelongo
Purpuricenus Goetzei	Lepesme	1948	311, 314			Ugogo	Distribution
Purpuricenus Frommi	Lepesme	1948	311, 314
Purpuricenus congoanus	Lepesme	1948	311, 314		fig. 4 (mâle)	Gabon, Congo français ; Kafakumba	Distribution
Purpuricenus congoanus	Lepesme	1953	54		pl. I, fig. 6 (mâle)	Dundo	Distribution
Purpuricenus lætus	Duffy	1954	110			Belgian Congo : Parc National de l'Upemba	Distribution
Purpuricenus laetus var. congoanus	Villiers	1959	32			Angola	Distribution
Purpuricenus laetus var. congoanus	Villiers	1968	1686			République du Congo	Distribution
Purpuricenus laetus	Joly & al.	2008			pl. IX, fig. 23 (mâle)	Malawi	Distribution
Purpuricenus laetus	Delahaye	2009	11			Zambie	Distribution
Purpuricenus laetus ssp. laetus	Bjørnstad	2019	16, 17, 23		figs 2, 3 (holotype mâle), 4a-b (wahlbergi), 5a-b (goetzei), 6 (frommi), 7a-b (congoanus), 8a-b (lengerkeni), 9a-b (fuelleborni), 10a-b (glauningi), 11a-b (kambanus), 12 (cubalicus), 13 (machadoi), 14, 15	R. P. Congo, R. D. Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa	Clef, Distribution, synonymie
Purpuricenus laetus laetus	Adlbauer & Beck	2022	16		figs 4a (mâle), 4b (femelle)	Äthiopien: Region of Southern Nations, Umg. Konso. Kongo-Brazzaville, Kongo-Kinshasa, Uganda, “Ruanda-Urundi”, Äthiopien, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Mocambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, RSA, Namibia	Distribution
Purpuricenus (Purpuricenus) laetus laetus	Özdikmen	2025	2785			Botswana, Republic of South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Ruanda, Somalia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia	Catalogue

Purpuricenus laetus laetus compte 11 types :