type Bristowia heterospinosa Reimoser, 1934; gender feminine

Bristowia afra Szűts, 2004: 30, f. 1-4, 8-10, 12-13, 16-17 (Dmf).
Bristowia afra Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 440, f. 8-14, 92 (mf).

Bristowia heterospinosa Dobroruka, 2004b: 17, f. 8-11 (f; misidentified per Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016: 4).
Bristowia gandhii Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016: 4, f. 2A-B, 3A-E, 4A-D (Dmf).

Bristowia heterospinosa Reimoser, 1934a: 17, f. 1-3 (Dmf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Prószyński, 1984a: 14 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Żabka, 1985: 206, f. 54-59 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Seo, 1986: 24, f. 1-9 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Peng et al., 1993: 30, f. 50-57 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Ikeda, 1995c: 160, f. 1-14 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Song & Li, 1997: 431, f. 38A-D (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 506, f. 289L-M, 290C (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Namkung, 2002: 586, f. 43.30a-c (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Cho & Kim, 2002: 91, f. 5, 97-99, 211 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Namkung, 2003: 590, f. 43.30a-c (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Szűts, 2004: 28, f. 5-7, 11, 14-15 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Lee et al., 2004: 99, unnumbered f. (f).
Bristowia heterospinosa Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 574, f. 144-148 (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Yin et al., 2012: 1333, f. 721a-h (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Kim & Lee, 2014: 60, f. 43A-E (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Prószyński, 2017b: 15, f. 4C (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Prószyński, 2018a: 26, f. 5I, 6C (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Peng, 2020: 49, f. 15a-h (mf).
Bristowia heterospinosa Suzuki et al., 2023: 52, f. 9H-I (f).