Polyrhachis brachyspina Kohout, 2008a: 268, figs. 2C, D (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone Nat. Park, 11.ii.1985 (N. Stork, et al.). Primary type depository: BMNH.