Described by Hagen, H.A. (1874) Report of the Pseudo-Neuroptera and Neuroptera collected by Lieut. W. L. Carpenter in 1873 in Colorado. In: Annual Report on the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, embracing Colorado, being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1873. U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., pp. 571–606.