• Cole, 1968: 111 (q.m.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1886d: 450; Mayr, 1887: 610 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 120; Emery, 1895d: 310; Wheeler, 1902a: 98 (in key); Wheeler, 1902d: 391 (in key); Wheeler, 1910a: 566; Santschi, 1911d: 6; Emery, 1921c: 47; Essig, 1926: 862; Olsen, 1934: 510; Creighton, 1950a: 131; Smith, 1951c: 794; Smith, 1967a: 351; Cole, 1968: 111 (redescription); Smith, 1979: 1355; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 30; Shattuck, 1987: 175; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 150 (in key); Ward, 2005: 67.

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