<ref name="Bolton_et_al_1979">{{cite journal |first1=B. |last1=Bolton |first2=W. H., Jr. |last2=Gotwald |first3=J. M. |last3=Leroux |year=1979 |title=A new West African ant of the genus ''Plectroctena'' with ecological notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |url=https://antcat.org/documents/267/6455.pdf |journal=Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan. Série E (Écologie) |publisher= |volume=9 |issue= |pages=371–381 |doi= }}</ref>