• [Misspelled as simony by Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 216.]
• Combination in Strumigenys (Trichoscapa): Santschi, 1913b: 258 (in key).
• Combination in Strumigenys (Cephaloxys): Wheeler, 1922: 920.
• Combination in Smithistruma (Serrastruma): Brown, 1948e: 107.
• Combination in Serrastruma: Brown, 1952e: 82.
• Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673.
• Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 128.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1913b: 258 (in key); Arnold, 1917: 380; Wheeler, 1922: 920; Emery, 1924f: 324; Brown, 1952h: 82 (redescription); Bolton, 1983: 350 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 216; Madl, 2019: 16.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys biconvexa: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys escherichi boerorum: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys escherichi cliens: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys cognata: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys escherichi: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys escherichi fusciventris: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys escherichi limbata: Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Senior synonym of Strumigenys raymondi: Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Bolton, 2000: 318.
• Material of the unavailable name Strumigenys escherichi cognata obscuriventris referred here by Brown, 1952h: 82; Bolton, 1983: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 383.

Junior synonyms

• Strumigenys biconvexa Santschi, 1913
• Strumigenys cognata Santschi, 1911
  Obsolete combination(s): Strumigenys escherichi cognata
• Strumigenys escherichi Forel, 1910
• Strumigenys escherichi boerorum Santschi, 1913
  Obsolete combination(s): Strumigenys cognata boerorum
• Strumigenys escherichi cliens Forel, 1913
• Strumigenys escherichi fusciventris Emery, 1924
• Strumigenys escherichi limbata Forel, 1913
• Strumigenys raymondi Donisthorpe, 1946

Citations

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• Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 99:1-191. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46:267-416. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 33:1639-1689. PDF
• Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1948e. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74:101-129. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1952e. Correction to the synonymy of the ant Camponotus formosensis Wheeler. Psyche (Cambridge) 59:19. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1952h. Revision of the ant genus Serrastruma. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 107:67-86. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. 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
• Madl, M. 2019. Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B Für Botanik Und Zoologie 121:9-18. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1913b. Clé analytique des fourmis africaines du genre Strumigenys Sm. (Hym.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1913:257-259. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.