• Ogata, 1987a: 103 (m.); Terayama, 1989b: 345 (q.); Masuko, 1990b: 221 (l.)
• Combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 169, 197.
• Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
• Status as species: Azuma, 1951: 86; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 25; Azuma, 1953: 1; Brown, 1960a: 169; Azuma, 1977a: 112; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Morisita et al., 1989: 11; Terayama, 1989b: 345; Masuko, 1990b: 221; Masuko, 1993: 35; Tang et al., 1995: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Kim et al., 1998: 146; Xu, 2001d: 552 (in key); Imai et al., 2003: 219; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Xu, 2006: 152 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 93; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 102; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24; Xu & Chu, 2012: 1186 (in key).

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