Wallacea bowringii Baly, 1859: 99 (original description); GEMMINGER & HAROLD (1876): 3602 (catalogue); DONCKIER DE DONCEEL (1899):552 (catalogue); WEISE (1911a): 54 (catalogue); WEISE (1911b):82 (catalogue); GESTRO (1913): 45 (catalogue); WEISE (1922): 71 (noted); STAINES & STAINES (1999): 527 (Balyʼs taxa list).
Wallaceana bowringii: UHMANN (1958): 230 (catalogue).
Pistosia bowringi: KIMOTO (2000): 142 (catalogue).
Type locality. ‘Java’.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ‘ Type [green, circular, hw] || 67.56 [w, p, s; BMHN register number referring to the Hamlet Clark collection] || Wallacea | bowringii | Baly | Java [green, hw by Baly, cb] || HOLO | TYPE [w, p, s, circular label with red frame]’ (BMNH).
Distribution. Indonesia: Java (BALY 1859).