Die Art ist nach der italienischen Region Liguria benannt, in welcher ihr locus typicus liegt.
GOZMÁNY (1977: 93): “Holotype male: “Liguria Passo di Teglia m 1200 a. l. uv. 9. VII. 66 E. JÄCKH” “4525” (gen. prep. JÄCKH); a ♂ paratype “Liguria Passo di Teglia a. l. m 1100 15. VIII. 58 E. JÄCKH” “Donaspastus liguricus det. GOZMÁNY” “4965” (gen. prep. JÄCKH); distroyed in the mail; paratype male: “Asti – Boschi di Valmanera 16-VII-1975 leg. BALDIZZONE” “Donaspastus liguricus Goz., gen. prep. No. 4938 DR. L. GOZMÁNY”; paratype male: “Italia: Liguria: Conna, 300 m, 25. VII. 1975, leg. BALDIZZONE”; paratype female: “Asti – Boschi di Valmanera 10-VII-1975 leg. BALDIZZONE” “Donaspastus liguricus Goz., gen. prep. No. 4941 DR. L. GOZMÁNY”: 5 males and 3 females and 2 males, data as for the other specimens from Asti, but captured on “14. VII.” and “2. VII.” respectively. Holotype in DR. JÄCKH's collection, Bidingen; paratypes in DR. BALDIZZONE's collection, Asti, and in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.”