• Leong et al., 2019: 52 (q.)
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1930k: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 72; Wilson, 1957b: 384 (redescription); Taylor, 1967a: 53 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 362; Xu, 2001a: 53 (in key); Xu, 2001c: 219 (in key); Zhou & Ran, 2010: 110; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 62; Leong et al., 2019: 48 (redescription); Pierce et al., 2019: 19.

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