• Combination in Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis): Emery, 1925d: 23.
• Combination in Acantholepis (Lepisiota): Santschi, 1937h: 377.
• Combination in Anacantholepis: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 213.
• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
• Subspecies of Lepisiota rothneyi: Emery, 1925d: 23; Wheeler, 1929h: 62; Santschi, 1937h: 377; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 213; Bolton, 1995b: 228; Lin & Wu, 2003: 62; Terayama, 2009: 208.

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis rothneyi taivanae

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913g. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(6):183-202. PDF
• Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
• Santschi, F. 1937h. Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 77:361-388. PDF
• Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1929h. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24:27-64. PDF