Strumigenys hoplites valid New Guinea (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973c. The Indo-Australian species of the ant genus Strumigenys: groups of horvathi, mayri and wallacei. Pacific Insects 15:259-269.   123217

Strumigenys hoplites homonym replaced by Strumigenys exiguaevitae Madagascar. Malagasy.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.   130788