"Qiupalong" was named by Li Xu, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Junchang Lü, Yuong-Nam Lee, Yongqing Liu, Kohei Tanaka, Xingliao Zhang, Songhai Jia and Jiming Zhang in 2011.
Вид назван и описан в 2010 году Xu Li, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Lü Junchang, Lee Yuongnam, Liu Yongqing, Kohei Tanaka, Zhang Xingliao, Jia Songhai и Zhang Jiming.