• [Misspelled as melanactos by Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 22.]
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 197; Smith, 1862d: 416; Mayr, 1863a: 408; Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1867a: 66 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 318; Mayr, 1872: 143; Emery, 1887a: 240; Dalla Torre, 1893: 272; Emery, 1893g: 200; Emery, 1896j: 382 (in list); Emery, 1900: 721; Forel, 1911a: 57; Forel, 1911f: 390; Forel, 1911g: 303; Forel, 1913l: 134; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 168; Wheeler, 1919f: 138; Crawley, 1924a: 407; Emery, 1925d: 211; Santschi, 1928h: 133; Menozzi, 1930a: 5; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 451; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 254; Bolton, 1995b: 183; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 22; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 39; Xu & Zhou, 2015: 26 (in key); Zettel & Laciny, 2015a: 110; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 52; Wang et al., 2022: 48.

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