Description published
Kirby, Monographia Apum Angliae, 2: 261.
Location of type
Type material: Lectotype m, by designation of Tkalcu (1974a: 119), [United Kingdom], BMNH (London); paralectotypes m, ff. Type species of Hoplosmia Thomson.-Combination Pseudosmia spinulosa (Kirby) in Radoszkowski (1874c: 159). Combination Anthocopa (Hoplosmia) spinulosa (Kirby) in Tkalcu (1974a: 119). Combination Hoplosmia (Hoplosmia) spinulosa (Kirby) in Ungricht et al. (2008: 131).