Plectroctena mandibularis var. strigosa Emery, 1899d: 469 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903928.

Infrasubspecies

• P. m. s. strialiventris Stitz, 1924