• Bolton, 1974c: 322 (eq.)
• Status as species: Stitz, 1910: 129; Emery, 1911e: 95; Wheeler, 1922: 88, 783; Santschi, 1924a: 163; Bolton, 1974c: 321 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena cristata semileavis: Bolton, 1974c: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.

Junior synonyms

• Plectroctena cristata semileavis Santschi, 1924

Citations

• 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. 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
• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43:459-504. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.