Aulacopalpus virens, Arrow 1899:368

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2002, Revision Of The Southern South American Endemic Genus Aulacopalpus Guérin-Méneville With Phylogenetic And Biogeographic Analyses Of The Subtribe Brachysternina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (3), pp. 379-437 : 427

Aulacopalpus virens, Arrow 1899:368 [new combination].

Amblyterodes palpalis (nomen nudum) Ohaus 1909:11 [placed in synonymy with Aulacopalpus viridis ]; Ohaus 1918:179 [catalog listing as synonym of Aulacopalpus viridis ]; Blackwelder 1944:247 [checklist as synonym of Aulacopalpus viridis ]; Machatschke 1965:61, 62 [cited as type species for Melicurus , catalog listing as synonym of Aulacopalpus viridis ]; Machatschke 1972:305 [cited as type species for Melicurus , catalog listing as synonym of Aulacopalpus viridis ]; Smith 2002:this paper [comment on nomenclature, catalog listing as nomen nudum].