• Dias et al., 2019: 163 (w.)
• Status as species: Xu, 2012c: 484 (in key); Bharti & Akbar, 2015: 575 (in key); Man et al., 2017: 10 (in key); Dias et al., 2019: 163; Dias et al., 2020: 59; Griebenow, 2024: 117.

Citations

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