• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Wheeler, 1919f: 130.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis hector: Bolton, 1974b: 174; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Karmaly, 2004: 545 (error).
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 7; Mayr, 1863a: 443; Smith, 1871a: 311; Mayr, 1886c: 357; Forel, 1893e: 32; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Emery, 1893g: 198; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 230; Bingham, 1903: 397; Wheeler, 1909d: 345; Wheeler, 1919f: 130; Wheeler, 1924c: 254; Crawley, 1924a: 407; Emery, 1925d: 192; Stitz, 1925c: 132; Karavaiev, 1927f: 28; Karavaiev, 1928a: 316; Santschi, 1932d: 20; Wheeler, 1937a: 24; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 283; Baltazar, 1966: 280; Dorow, 1995: 11 (in key), 54; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 358; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 37; Kohout, 2008a: 299; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 40; Bharti et al., 2016: 30; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 30; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 58; Wang et al., 2022: 60.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis achilles confinis: Dorow, 1995: 54.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis achilles discrepans: Dorow, 1995: 54.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis abdominalis phyllophilus: Mayr, 1886c: 357; Forel, 1893e: 24, 32; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Emery, 1896j: 381; Bingham, 1903: 397; Wheeler, 1919f: 130; Dorow, 1995: 54; Kohout, 2008a: 299.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis abdominalis phyllophilus Smith, 1860
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis phyllophilus
• Polyrhachis achilles confinis Forel, 1912
• Polyrhachis achilles discrepans Forel, 1912

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