• Imai et al., 1984: 67 (k.)
• Status as species: Forel, 1901k: 338; Emery, 1911e: 30; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49; Brown, 1975: 9, 50; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 37; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 57; Phengsi et al., 2018: 98 (in key); Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 154.
• Senior synonym of Platythyrea tricuspidata penangensis: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Junior synonyms

• Platythyrea tricuspidata penangensis Wheeler, 1929

Citations

• 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. 1900. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40[=(2)20]:661-722.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1901k. Nouvelles espèces de Ponerinae. (Avec un nouveau sous-genre et une espèce nouvelle d'Eciton). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 9:325-353. PDF
• Imai, H. T.; Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kubota, M.; Yong, H.-S.; Tho, Y. P. 1984. Chromosome observations on tropical ants from western Malaysia. II. Annual Report. National Institute of Genetics, Japan 34:66-69. PDF
• Jaitrong, W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1):9-54. PDF
• Khachonpisitsak, S.; Yamane, S.; Sriwichai, P.; Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998:1-182. 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF
• Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. 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