• Emery, 1902c: 32 (w.); Wheeler, 1922: 88 (m.)
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 31; Emery, 1902c: 32; Emery, 1911e: 95; Santschi, 1911g: 205; Santschi, 1914d: 325; Forel, 1916: 398; Wheeler, 1922: 88, 784; Santschi, 1924a: 167 (redescription); Bolton, 1974c: 324 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena gabonensis: Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena minor insularis: Bolton, 1974c: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 13.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena minor liberiana: Bolton, 1974c: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 13.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena minor perusta: Bolton, 1974c: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 13.

Junior synonyms

• Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi, 1919
• Plectroctena minor insularis Santschi, 1924
• Plectroctena minor liberiana Santschi, 1924
• Plectroctena minor perusta Santschi, 1924

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974c. A revision of the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:309-338. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71:1-18. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1892f ("1891"). Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60:553-574. PDF
• Emery, C. 1902c. Note mirmecologiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)6:22-34.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1:204-217. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.