• Lectotype designation: Longino & Snelling, 2002: 15.
• Forel, 1907d: 12 (q.); Kempf, 1951: 48 (m.)
• Status as species: Forel, 1907d: 12; Forel, 1912f: 207; Emery, 1924f: 301; Borgmeier, 1927c: 112; Kempf, 1951: 46 (redescription); Kempf, 1957: 399; Kempf, 1972b: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 367; Longino & Snelling, 2002: 15.

Citations

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