• Status as species: Kutter, 1968c: 205; Bolton, 1976: 309; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Schulz & Sanetra, 2002: 164; Legakis, 2011: 20; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 537; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 367; Borowiec, 2014: 164; Lebas et al., 2016: 338; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 410 (redescription).

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