• Lectotype designation: Boudinot et al., 2016: 60.
• Boudinot et al., 2016: 60 (em.)
• Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 74; Forel, 1906b: 91; Emery, 1911e: 29; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 112; Menozzi, 1939a: 327; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49; Brown, 1975: 9, 52; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Tiwari, 1999: 32; Bharti et al., 2016: 53; Boudinot et al., 2016: 60 (redescription); Wang et al., 2022: 133.

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