• Brown & Kempf, 1960: 180 (q.); Brown, 1974c: 140 (m.); Probst & Brandão, 2022: 30 (q.), 31 (m.)
• Combination in Aspididris: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 179.
• Combination in Basiceros: Emery, 1924f: 328; Brown, 1974c: 138.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 148; Forel, 1895b: 136; Emery, 1924f: 328; Borgmeier, 1927c: 120; Brown, 1949h: 89; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 179 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 26; Brown, 1974c: 138; Brandão, 1991: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Wild, 2007b: 31; Feitosa et al., 2007: 19 (in key); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 115; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 844; Probst & Brandão, 2022: 28 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Ceratobasis disciger

Citations

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