• Forel, 1893j: 358 (m.)
• Status as species: Forel, 1893j: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Forel, 1897b: 298; Forel, 1899b: 4.
• Subspecies of Platythyrea punctata: Forel, 1901k: 335; Emery, 1911e: 30; Forel, 1912d: 35; Wheeler, 1917g: 457; Wheeler, 1923d: 3; Kempf, 1972b: 206.
• Junior synonym of Platythyrea punctata: Forel, 1901k: 335; Wheeler, 1908a: 123; Wheeler, 1908h: 401; Kempf, 1964a: 141; Brown, 1975: 9; Smith, 1979: 1336; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Obsolete combinations

• Platythyrea pruinosa

Citations

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