• Clark, 1951: 41 (m.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 95; Emery, 1887f: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Emery, 1911e: 20; Wheeler, 1933i: 46; Clark, 1951: 40 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 6; Taylor, 1987a: 41; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1633 (in key), 1647; Bolton, 1995b: 270.

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