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Type species Schmarda (1861: 116) named five Notocirrus species. Ehlers (1868: 406) designated the type species to be N. chilensis, and emended the genus characters. N. chilensis is also the only original name remaining in the genus. Ehlers wrote "Von den Arten, welche Schmarda zu Notocirrus gezogen hat, kann nur eine, Notocirrus chilensis (Schmarda) als ausgezeichnete , in diese Gruppe gehörende Form als Typus dieser Gattung angesehen werden [Of the species which Schmarda has drawn to Notocirrus, only one, Notocirrus chilensis (Schmarda) can be regarded as an excellent form belonging to this group as a type of this genus.] [details]