• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955a: 140 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973c: 214 (l.)
• Combination in Strumigenys: Emery, 1897c: 575
• Status as species: Hutton, 1881: 115; Forel, 1892c: 338; Dalla Torre, 1893: 148; Emery, 1897c: 575 (in key); Forel, 1905d: 354; Emery, 1924f: 321; Wheeler, 1935g: 33; Brown, 1954b: 467; Brown, 1958h: 38; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 103; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 88; Taylor, 1987a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 398; Bolton, 2000: 967 (redescription); Don, 2007: 138; Heterick, 2009: 176.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys antarctica: Emery, 1895f: 636 (in text); Emery, 1924f: 321; Brown, 1958h: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 398; Bolton, 2000: 967.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys leae: Brown, 1958h: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 398; Bolton, 2000: 967.

Junior synonyms

• Strumigenys antarctica Forel, 1892
• Strumigenys leae Forel, 1913

Obsolete combinations

• Orectognathus perplexus

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