Taxonomic history
Viehmeyer, 1914b PDF: 43 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a PDF: 206 (l.).Combination in Melophorus (Erimelophorus): Wheeler, 1935c PDF: 71.Status as species: Viehmeyer, 1914b: 43; Emery, 1925b: 12; Clark, 1938: 375; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick, 2009: 98; Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 314 (redescription).Senior synonym of: Melophorus turneri aesopus, Melophorus turneri candidus, Melophorus pillipes: Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 315.
