Nomia speciosana Strand, 1913: 124, 138, 144, female holotype (ZMHB) Namibia; Strand 1927d: 112; Cockerell 1947c: 627.
Afronomia speciosana (Strand): Pauly 1990: 126, 128, 132, 135, 180, 184.
Lipotriches speciosana (Strand): Eardley and Urban 2006: 164.
Nomia meridionalis Cockerell, 1936n: 516–517, female holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Cockerell 1941b: 507; Cockerell 1942b: 632; Cockerell 1943d: 368; Cockerell 1947c: 627; Anonymous 1958: 30; Pauly 1990: 128, syn.; Pesenko 1997: 480–481, 491.
Nomia africana Friese, 1941: 98, [unnecessary new name for meridionalis Cockerell, 1936n]; Cockerell 1947c: 640; Pauly 1990: 128, syn.; Pesenko 1997: 481, 491; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 21.