• Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 587 (in key); Emery, 1890b: 66; Dalla Torre, 1893: 91; Forel, 1895b: 128; Forel, 1915b: 62; Mann, 1916: 437; Emery, 1922c: 101; Borgmeier, 1927c: 84; Kempf, 1972b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 323; Wilson, 2003a: 303 (redescription); Camargo-Vanegas & Guerrero, 2020: 6.

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