• Subspecies of Plectroctena mandibularis: Emery, 1911e: 95; Forel, 1912c: 81; Arnold, 1915: 88; Wheeler, 1922: 784.
• Subspecies of Plectroctena cristata: Santschi, 1924a: 161
• Status as species: Bolton, 1974c: 332 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 222.

Obsolete combinations

• Plectroctena mandibularis strigosa

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• 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
• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43:459-504. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912c. Einige interessante Ameisen des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 1:81-83. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. 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.