• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 145; Forel, 1905d: 354.
• Junior synonym of Strumigenys perplexa: Emery, 1895f: 636 (in text); Emery, 1924f: 321; Brown, 1958h: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Bolton, 2000: 967.

Citations

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• Forel, A. 1905d. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37:353-355. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF