It was originally described as a species of Tegeocranus in 1855 by Swiss lithographer and entomologist Hercule Nicolet.
Hercule Poirot | Hercule | Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac | Hercule Corbineau | Nicolet, Quebec | Nicolet | Hercule Nicolet | Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné | Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | Aurèle Nicolet | André-Hercule de Fleury |