1908
Climacograptus modestus — Ruedemann, pp. 432–433, fig. text-figs. 400–403; pl. 28, fig. 30
1995
Climacograptus modestus (Ruedemann) — Maletz, pp. 250
2017
Archiclimacograptus modestus (Ruedemann, 1908) — Chen, X. et al., pp. 295, fig. Figs. 6-88A, C–J; 6-89A–N; 6-90C