• Lectotype designation: Salata et al., 2018: 812 (specimen designation emended by Kirschner et al., 2023: 1168).
• [Misspelled as pallecens by Santschi, 1920g: 168.]
• Santschi, 1911i: 287 (q.); Finzi, 1928c: 790 (m.)
• Subspecies of Plagiolepis pygmaea: Forel, 1890b: lxvii; Forel, 1889: 265; Emery, 1891c: 16; Dalla Torre, 1893: 173; Forel, 1902a: 155; Ruzsky, 1902d: 18; Ruzsky, 1903b: 308; Ruzsky, 1905b: 467; Forel, 1911f: 350; Forel, 1911l: 457; Santschi, 1911i: 287; Santschi, 1920g: 168; Ruzsky, 1923: 3; Zimmermann, 1934: 69.
• Status as species: Emery, 1921d: 315; Emery, 1925d: 21; Karavaiev, 1926e: 188; Wheeler, 1927g: 114; Karavaiev, 1927a: 294; Finzi, 1928c: 790; Karavaiev, 1931a: 311; Menozzi, 1936b: 297; Finzi, 1936: 184; Arnol'di, 1948a: 212 (in list); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 168; Tarbinsky, 1976: 127 (redescription); Aktaç, 1977: 124; Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 280 (in key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 162; Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Arakelian, 1994: 78; Bolton, 1995b: 335; Mei, 1995: 767; Radchenko, 1996d: 184; Petrov, 2006: 105 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006: 205; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 134; Paknia et al., 2008: 155; Borowiec et al., 2009: 378; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 40; Csősz et al., 2011: 58; Legakis, 2011: 25; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 528; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 36; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 14; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 364; Borowiec, 2014: 146 (see note in bibliography); Lebas et al., 2016: 232; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48; Salata et al., 2018: 812 (redescription); Bračko, 2019: 172; Khalili-Moghadam et al., 2019: 171; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 246 (redescription); Kirschner et al., 2023: 1168; Sert & Karaman, 2024: 398.
• Senior synonym of Plagiolepis ancyrensis: Salata et al., 2018: 812; Kirschner et al., 2023: 1168.

Junior synonyms

• Plagiolepis ancyrensis Santschi, 1920
  Obsolete combination(s): Plagiolepis maura ancyrensis

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis pygmaea pallescens

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