list of species :
Plisthenes australis Horváth, 1900
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, Torres Straits).
Plisthenes buruensis Breddin, 1904
Distribution: Moluccas (Buru I.) (Indonesia).
Plisthenes confusus Horváth, 1900
Distribution: Java, Moluccas (Bachan Is., Ceram I., Halmahera I., Morotai I., Salawati I., Waigeo I.), Solomons (Obi I.).
Plisthenes dilatatus (Montrouzier, 1855) type species
Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Goodenough I., Woodlark I.), Solomons, Sulawesi (Celebes), Tokelau (Atafu I.).
Plisthenes merianae (Fabricius, 1775)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland), Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Is. (Timor I.), Malay Penninsula (Malaya), Moluccas (Amboina I., Aru Is., Bachan Is, Buru I, Ceram I., Halmahera I., Misool I., Morotai I., Waigeo I.), New Guinea, Solomons (Obi I., Haruku I.), Sulawesi (Celebes), Sumatra.
Plisthenes moluccanus Horváth, 1900
Distribution: Moluccas (Halmahera I.).
Plisthenes scutellatus Distant, 1889
Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Solomons (Bougainville).
references:
Stål C. 1865
Sinclair D. P. 2000