Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) syriacus Chaudoir, 1876

= Chlaenius koenigi Semenov, 1888

= Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) richardsi Ali, 1967 syn. nov.

Study of Holotype of C. richardsi, described from Bagdad (Iraq), and deposited in BMNH, showed that this species is conspecific with C. syriacus, known from Iran and Iraq.