• Leong et al., 2018: 203 (q.m.l.)
• Status as species: Zhou & Ran, 2010: 109; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 61; Leong et al., 2018: 202 (redescription); Leong et al., 2019: 21 (in key); Pierce et al., 2019: 17; Hamer et al., 2025: 110.

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