• Wheeler, 1908a: 149 (q.); Hamer & Turner, 2024: 571 (q.)
• Combination in Quadristruma: Brown, 1949b: 48.
• Combination in Strumigenys: Bolton, 1999: 1674.
• Status as species: Forel, 1893j: 381; Dalla Torre, 1893: 148; Forel, 1893j: 381; Emery, 1897c: 581; Wheeler, 1905c: 129; Wheeler, 1908a: 149; Wheeler, 1913b: 497; Donisthorpe, 1916b: 121; Mann, 1920b: 431; Emery, 1924f: 327; Menozzi, 1929b: 3; Weber, 1934a: 51; Smith, 1937: 858; Brown, 1948e: 123; Brown, 1949c: 49; Brown, 1949d: 21; Smith, 1951c: 829; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 104; Kempf, 1961b: 516; Smith, 1967a: 362; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 42; Kempf, 1972b: 226; Bolton, 1973a: 344; Alayo, 1974: 40; Taylor, 1976a: 82; Smith, 1979: 1409; Onoyama, 1980a: 198; Bolton, 1983: 400 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 86; Taylor, 1987a: 66; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 791; Deyrup et al., 1989: 98; Ogata, 1991b: 132; Morisita et al., 1992: 67; Dlussky, 1993b: 62; Dlussky, 1994a: 54; Perrault, 1993: 333; Bolton, 1995b: 377; Dorow, 1996a: 80; Deyrup, 1997: 4; Deyrup & Deyrup, 1999: 13; Bolton, 2000: 950 (redescription); Deyrup et al., 2000: 300; Lin & Wu, 2001: 166 (in key); Wetterer, 2002: 129; Blard et al., 2003: 132; Deyrup, 2003: 47; Imai et al., 2003: 85; Lin & Wu, 2003: 63; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Collingwood & van Harten, 2005: 76; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2006: 820; Clouse, 2007b: 227; Wetterer et al., 2007: 31; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 72; Terayama, 2009: 141; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 52; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 53; Wetterer, 2012c: 69; Bharti & Akbar, 2013b: 391 (in key); Sarnat et al., 2013: 72; Borowiec, 2014: 165; Ramage, 2014: 161; Bharti et al., 2016: 44; Wetterer et al., 2016: 18; Deyrup, 2017: 127; Guerrero et al., 2018: 254; Booher et al., 2019: 355 (in key); Dekoninck et al., 2019: 1157; Lubertazzi, 2019: 176; Pérez-Pedraza & Fernández, 2019: 1084; Tang et al., 2019: 8; Dias et al., 2020: 91; Wang et al., 2022: 102; Tang & Guénard, 2023: 50; Hamer & Turner, 2024: 571; Herrera et al., 2024: 191.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys clypeata Szabó, 1909: Brown, 1949c: 48; Smith, 1979: 1409; Bolton, 1983: 400; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 791; Bolton, 1995b: 377; Bolton, 2000: 951; Blard et al., 2003: 132; Imai et al., 2003: 85; Tang & Guénard, 2023: 50.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys clypeata malesiana: Brown, 1949c: 48; Smith, 1979: 1409; Bolton, 1983: 400; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 791; Bolton, 1995b: 377; Bolton, 2000: 951; Blard et al., 2003: 132; Imai et al., 2003: 85; Tang & Guénard, 2023: 50.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1916b: Brown, 1949c: 48; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 42; Smith, 1979: 1409; Bolton, 1983: 400; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 791; Bolton, 1995b: 377; Bolton, 2000: 951; Blard et al., 2003: 132; Imai et al., 2003: 85; Tang & Guénard, 2023: 50.

Junior synonyms

• Strumigenys clypeata (Szabó, 1909)
  Obsolete combination(s): Epitritus clypeatus
• Strumigenys clypeata malesiana (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Epitritus clypeatus malesiana
• Strumigenys wheeleri (Donisthorpe, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Epitritus wheeleri

Obsolete combinations

• Epitritus emmae

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