• Arnold, 1926: 195 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1989b: 51 (l.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 29; Arnold, 1915: 25; Wheeler, 1922: 760; Stitz, 1923: 143; Arnold, 1926: 195; Prins, 1963: 97; Brown, 1975: 9, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 221.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea cyriluli: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea schultzei lata: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Material of the unavailable name Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti recta referred here by Brown, 1975: 9.

Junior synonyms

• Platythyrea cyriluli Forel, 1922
• Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti Forel, 1913
• Platythyrea schultzei lata Santschi, 1930

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
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
• 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
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16:1-30. 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
• Prins, A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6:91-108. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1923. Hymenoptera, VII. Formicidae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas 2:143-167.
• 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.