• Forel, 1913a: 108 (w.); Arnold, 1915: 86 (w.)
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 41; Gerstäcker, 1871: 355; Mayr, 1895: 124; Emery, 1895i: 19; Emery, 1899d: 469; Mayr, 1907b: 18; Emery, 1911e: 95; Emery, 1912c: 2; Forel, 1913a: 108; Forel, 1913b: 308; Forel, 1913f: 666; Santschi, 1914b: 54; Arnold, 1915: 86; Wheeler, 1922: 783; Stitz, 1923: 144; Santschi, 1924a: 160; Santschi, 1930b: 59; Menozzi, 1939c: 99; Arnold, 1954: 293; Arnold, 1960a: 81; Bolton, 1974c: 330 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338; Villet et al., 1999: 282; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 13; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 221.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena conjugata: Arnold, 1926: 209 (in text); Villet et al., 1999: 282; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena mandibularis integra: Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena caffra major: Emery, 1899d: 469; Santschi, 1924a: 160; Wheeler, 1922: 784; Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.
• Senior synonym of Plectroctena mandibularis striativentris: Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.
• Material of the nomen nudum Plectroctena caffra referred here by Roger, 1861a: 41; Mayr, 1863a: 442; Roger, 1863b: 19; Emery, 1893j: 2; Emery, 1911e: 95; Wheeler, 1922: 784; Santschi, 1924a: 160; Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 13.

Junior synonyms

• Plectroctena caffra major Forel, 1894
• Plectroctena conjugata Santschi, 1914
  Obsolete combination(s): Plectroctena minor conjugata
• Plectroctena mandibularis integra Santschi, 1924
• Plectroctena mandibularis striativentris Stitz, 1924

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