Pompilus plebeius Saussure, 1891:266, ♀. ♀, Madagascar, Lectotype ♀, Madagascar, examined (MHN), designated by Day, 1974Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) including a revision of the Palaeotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 30:375-404.:394. - Day, 1974Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) including a revision of the Palaeotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 30:375-404.:394 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius saegeri Arnold, 1937). - As Pompilus plebejus: - Saussure, 1890-92Saussure, H.L.F. de 1890-92. Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar publiée par Alfred Grandidier. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménopteres. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. XXI + 590 pp., pls. 1-27 (1890: I-XXI, 1-176, pls. 1-20; 1892: 177-590, pls. 21-27).:365 (description female, listed), 366 (description male); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 311 (listed). - As Pompilus plebejus: - Saussure, 1890-92Saussure, H.L.F. de 1890-92. Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar publiée par Alfred Grandidier. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménopteres. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. XXI + 590 pp., pls. 1-27 (1890: I-XXI, 1-176, pls. 1-20; 1892: 177-590, pls. 21-27).:365 (description female, listed), 366 (description male); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 311 (listed).
Anoplius saegeri Arnold, 1937:61, ♂♀. 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂, Île St Thomé (H. de Saeger) (Musée du Congo Belge), Lectotype ♀, Madagascar, examined and type-series given incorrect locality labels, 'Ile St. Thomé' (MRAC), designated by Day, 1974Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) including a revision of the Palaeotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 30:375-404.:394. - Arnold, 1937Arnold, G. 1937. The Psammocharidae (olim Pompilidae) of the Ethiopian region. Part VII. Subfamily Psammocharinae continued. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19:1-98.:60 (key female); Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95. (distribution), 48 (listed).
Psammochares jocaste Banks, 1940:357, ♀. Type ♀, Oriental Forest, Moramanga, District of Tananarive, Madagascar (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, no. 5002, leg. C. Lamberton); Day, 1974Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) including a revision of the Palaeotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 30:375-404.:394, Holotype ♀, examined (ANS). Synonymized with Anoplius saegeri Arnold, 1937 by Day, 1974Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) including a revision of the Palaeotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 30:375-404.:394.