• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 118 (l.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 29; Wheeler & Chapman, 1925: 58; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 48; Baltazar, 1966: 240; Brown, 1975: 8, 50; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Phengsi et al., 2018: 98 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea maquilingi: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Junior synonyms

• Platythyrea maquilingi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925

Citations

• Baltazar, C. R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monograph 8:1-488. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910d. Fourmis des Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. Section D. General Biology, Ethnology and Anthropology 5:121-130. PDF
• Phengsi, N.; Jaitrong, W.; Ruangsittichai, J.; Khachonpisitsak, S. 2018. A sibling species of Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911 in southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). ZooKeys 729:87-102. 10.3897/zookeys.729.21378 PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1952a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part I. American Midland Naturalist 48:111-144. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M.; Chapman, J. W. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philippine Journal of Science 28:47-73. PDF