• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
• Subspecies of Lepisiota frauenfeldi: Santschi, 1917d: 47 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 25; Finzi, 1928c: 791; Finzi, 1936: 186.
• Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 281 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 258; Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 228; Petrov, 2006: 105 (in key); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 40; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 35; Legakis, 2011: 25; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 509; Borowiec, 2014: 96; Lebas et al., 2016: 226.
• Junior synonym of Lepisiota nigra: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 20.

Obsolete combinations

• Acantholepis frauenfeldi splendens

Citations

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