• Gregg, 1945b: 74 (w.)
• Status as species: Gregg, 1945b: 74; Creighton, 1950a: 284; Smith, 1951c: 822; Kutter, 1968c: 204; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Smith, 1979: 1398; Buschinger, 1981: 213; Wheeler et al., 1994: 302; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Coovert, 2005: 81; Ellison et al., 2012: 243; Xu, 2012a: 21 (in key).

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