of
H. corollatus Huaxiadraco is based on the holotype ZMNH M8131, a nearly complete skeleton. It was originally assigned to the genus
Huaxiapterus by
Lü Junchang and colleagues in 2006, under the binomial name
Huaxiapterus corollatus. Lü
et al. also named another species,
Huaxiapterus benxiensis, a year later. However, analyses have since found that these species are only distantly related to
Huaxiapterus jii, the
type species of
Huaxiapterus, and thus require a new genus name. A 2023 review of Chinese tapejarids by Pêgas
et al. have confirmed these analyses, finding most of them (including
Huaxipterus jii) to belong to the coeval
Sinopterus dongi, although
corollatus was found to belong to a distinct genus. They thus created
Huaxiadraco for
corollatus, synonymized
benxiensis with it, and referred specimens D2525 (previously considered
Sinopterus), BMPC 103, 104, and 105 to it. ==Classification==