• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa): Emery, 1925d: 181.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis schang: Emery, 1925d: 181; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 281; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 44.
• Status as species: Kohout, 1998: 507; Kohout, 2008a: 288.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis gracilis alata

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1904e. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 48:168-177. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42:505-531.
• Kohout, R. J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:255-317. PDF