Description published
1758 Apis florisomnis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, 10th edn, vol. 1, p. 577.
Location of type
Lectotype m, by designation of Day (1979: 62), “in Europa” [Sweden], LSUK (London). Type species of Chelostoma Latreille.-Combination Heriades florisomnis (Linnaeus) in Dalla Torre (1896: 376)