• Lectotype designation: Radchenko & Elmes, 1998: 5.
• Radchenko & Elmes, 1999b: 95 (q.)
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 113; Emery, 1895m: 471; Forel, 1903a: 697; Bingham, 1903: 267; Wheeler, 1919f: 65; Emery, 1921c: 38; Weber, 1950c: 219 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 128; Collingwood, 1970b: 374; Wang, 1992: 679; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Radchenko & Elmes, 1998: 5; Radchenko & Elmes, 1999b: 95; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 28; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 226; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 48; Bharti et al., 2016: 41; Chen et al., 2016: 118 (in key); Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 104.

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