• Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673.
• Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 117.
• Status as species: Weber, 1952b: 5; Brown, 1953g: 129 (redescription); Bolton, 1983: 287 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 384; Bolton, 2000: 300 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 215.

Obsolete combinations

• Smithistruma cavinasis

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 99:1-191. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46:267-416. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 33:1639-1689. PDF
• Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950b. Supplementary notes on the feeding of dacetine ants. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 45:87-89.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953g. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. American Midland Naturalist 50:1-137. 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
• Weber, N. A. 1952b. Biological notes on Dacetini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1554:1-7. PDF