• [First available use of Plectroctena mandibularis strigosa strialiventris Stitz, 1924 (also variously spelled strativentris and striativentris); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1974c: 330.]
• Junior synonym of Plectroctena mandibularis: Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.
• [Note: Bolton, 1974c: 330, overlooked the available version of the name given in Santschi’s key (p. 173). However, the type-material of Plectroctena mandibularis striativentris was examined, and found to be synonymous with Plectroctena mandibularis.]

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
• Stitz, M. H. 1924. [Untitled. Plectroctena laevior sp. nov., Plectroctena striativentris sp. nov.]. Pp. 162-163, 173 in: Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. PDF