• Emery, 1894d: 217 (w.)
• Combination in Rhopalothrix (Octostruma): Emery, 1924f: 328.
• Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 145; Emery, 1894d: 216 (in key); Forel, 1895b: 135; Luederwaldt, 1918: 40; Emery, 1924f: 328; Borgmeier, 1927c: 121; Brown, 1949h: 92; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 182 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 293; Longino, 2013b: 47.

Obsolete combinations

• Rhopalothrix petiolata

Citations

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