The description was published in a 2017 open access article co-authored with Mexican entomologist Enrique Ruíz-Cancino.

[1] Andrey I. Khalaim, an entomologist at the Russian Academy of Sciences, chose the specific name elbakyanae to honor Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan "in recognition of her contribution to making scientific knowledge available for all researchers".

[1] Elbakyan took offense to being the namesake of a "parasitic insect"; this in part led to her temporary shutdown of Sci-Hub in Russia.

[1] The holotype and one paratype were deposited at National Autonomous University of Mexico; the other three paratypes were deposited at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, the Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Natural History Museum, London.

[1] The specimens were all caught in forest of pine and oak trees; the collection site was at an elevation of 2,830–2,900 metres (9,280–9,510 ft).