• Gregg, 1953b: 1 (s.)
• Status as species: Smith, 1951c: 806; Gregg, 1953b: 1; Smith, 1958c: 125; Gregg, 1959: 9 (in key); Creighton, 1965a: 169; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1368; Snelling & George, 1979: 98; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 319; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 179; Wilson, 2003a: 539 (redescription); Ward, 2005: 66.

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