• Wheeler, 1928c: 31 (q.); Santschi, 1928b: 36 (q.m.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 30; Santschi, 1928b: 36; Wheeler, 1928c: 31; Wheeler, 1929h: 62; Wheeler, 1930k: 75; Teranishi, 1940: 59; Azuma, 1951: 88; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 212; Onoyama, 1980a: 199; Morisita et al., 1991: 14; Wang & Wu, 1992a: 227 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 58; Terayama et al., 2002: 25 (redescription); Imai et al., 2003: 83; Lin & Wu, 2003: 62; LaPolla, 2004a: 68; Terayama, 2009: 204; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27.

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