• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 30; Brown, 1975: 9, 52; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Heterick, 2009: 136.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea bicolor: Brown, 1975: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea reticulata: Brown, 1975: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea septentrionalis: Brown, 1975: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea tasmaniensis: Brown, 1975: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Junior synonyms

• Platythyrea bicolor (Clark, 1930)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eubothroponera bicolor
• Platythyrea reticulata (Clark, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eubothroponera reticulata
• Platythyrea septentrionalis (Clark, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eubothroponera septentrionalis
• Platythyrea tasmaniensis (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla tasmaniensis

Citations

• 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. 1895g. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltées à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland, par M. Gilbert Turner. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:417-428. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.