Taxonomic history
Forel, 1886h PDF: 213 (s.); Forel, 1910b PDF: 60 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c PDF: 129 (l.).Status as species: Forel, 1886f: 213; Dalla Torre, 1893: 175; Forel, 1910b: 60; Forel, 1915b: 87; Emery, 1925b: 12; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 134 (redescription).Senior synonym of Melophorus cowlei: Clark, 1930c PDF: 22; Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 134.