Smithistruma reliquia Ward, 1988: 117, fig. 7 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Yolo County, 4 km. E Yolo, 15 m., 4.iv.1986, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), riparian woodland, #8266-5 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same locality but 8.v.1986, #715 (S.O. Shattuck). Secondary type depositories: LACM, PSWC, UCDC, SOSC, USNM.