• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 546.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1908h: 477 (redescription); Wheeler, 1910a: 564; Emery, 1922c: 105; Smith, 1931a: 21; Creighton, 1950a: 182; Smith, 1951c: 803; Smith, 1958c: 122; Gregg, 1959: 9 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 354; Smith, 1979: 1370; Feener, 1981: 269; Naves, 1985: 63; Deyrup et al., 1989: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 324; Deyrup, 2003: 46; Wilson, 2003a: 546 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 89.

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