• Lectotype designation: Salata et al., 2018: 812.
• Santschi, 1926f: 293 (q.); Kratochvíl, 1944: 84 (m.)
• Subspecies of Plagiolepis pygmaea: Bernard, 1967a: 275 (in key).
• Status as species: Santschi, 1926f: 288; Stärcke, 1936: 278; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 99 (in key); Kratochvíl, 1944: 82; Boven, 1946: 9; Van Boven, 1947b: 181 (in key); Kutter, 1968b: 60; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 172; Collingwood, 1971: 164; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 5 (in key); Van Boven, 1977: 129; Kutter, 1977c: 189; Collingwood, 1979: 110; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 280 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 427; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 203; Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Seifert, 1994a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Poldi et al., 1995: 7; Gallé et al., 1998: 216; Csősz & Markó, 2005: 227; Bračko, 2006: 151; Petrov, 2006: 105 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 20; Seifert, 2007: 259; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 142; Boer, 2010: 46; Legakis, 2011: 25; Steiner et al., 2017: 15; Werner et al., 2018: 6.
• Junior synonym of Plagiolepis pygmaea: Bernard, 1967a: 277 (in taxonomic synopsis and footnote).
• Junior synonym of Plagiolepis pallescens: Salata et al., 2018: 812.
• Junior synonym of Plagiolepis taurica: Radchenko, 1989c: 155; Radchenko, 1996d: 185; Markó et al., 2006: 69; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 485; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 34; Csősz et al., 2011: 58; Karaman, 2011b: 96; Borowiec, 2014: 147; Casevitz-Weulersse, 2014: 28; Lebas et al., 2016: 232; Radchenko, 2016: 343; Seifert, 2018: 250; Kirschner et al., 2023: 1151, 1168.

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