• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1989b: 51 (l.)
• Combination in Platythyrea: Roger, 1863a: 173; Roger, 1863b: 17.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863a: 442; Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Mayr, 1895: 125; Emery, 1911e: 29; Forel, 1913b: 307; Arnold, 1915: 25; Wheeler, 1922: 759; Brown, 1975: 8, 47; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea grisea: Forel, 1913b: 307; Wheeler, 1922: 760; Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea lamellosa longinoda: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea lamellosa rhodesiana: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea lamellosa suturalis: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Junior synonyms

• Platythyrea grisea (Forel, 1910)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima aethiops grisea
• Platythyrea lamellosa longinoda Forel, 1894
• Platythyrea lamellosa rhodesiana Forel, 1913
• Platythyrea lamellosa suturalis Forel, 1909

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera lamellosa

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 10:124-154. PDF
• Roger, J. 1860. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4:278-312. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7:131-214. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1989b. Notes on ant larvae: Ponerinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97:50-55. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.