• Snelling et al., 2009: 316 (q.m.)
• Status as species: Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 55; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 28 (in key); Shattuck, 1987: 175 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 339; Taber, 1998: 149 (in key); Ward, 2005: 66; Johnson & Overson, 2009: 313 (in key); Snelling et al., 2009: 316; Johnson et al., 2013: 225 (in key).

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