in Aptroot, Ertz, Silva, Grube & Cáceres, Phytotaxa 218, 2: 134 (2015).

Basionym: Arthonia kermesina R. C. Harris, E. A. Tripp & Lendemer, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Garden 104: 17 (2013).

Type locality: USA, North Carolina, on rough bark of Picea, J. Lendemer 29722 (NY - holotype).