• Leong et al., 2019: 61 (q.)
• Status as species: Imai et al., 2003: 215; Lin & Wu, 2003: 68; Yoshimura et al., 2009: 200 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 109; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 110; Leong et al., 2019: 58 (redescription); Pierce et al., 2019: 20 (in key).

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