• Combination in Myrma: Billberg, 1820: 104.
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1857a: 59.
• Unplaced to subgenus: Emery, 1925d: 209.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Dorow, 1995: 32.
• Status as species: Billberg, 1820: 104; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 220; Smith, 1857a: 59; Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Smith, 1871a: 313; Dalla Torre, 1893: 260; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 209; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 304; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 32.
• [Note: Polyrhachis carinata Fabricius, 1804, sensu Smith, 1858a: 71, pl. 4, figs. 48, 49 (w.) South Africa, is a misidentification of Polyrhachis carinata Fabricius, 1804, not a separate taxon. Mayr, 1863a: 444 treated Polyrhachis carinatus Smith, 1858a as a valid species, which led later authors (Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39) to mistakenly regard it as a junior homonym of Polyrhachis carinata Fabricius, 1804. Smith, 1858a himself (p. 71, in text) said of his African material, “This insect is very probably the worker of Polyrhachis militaris,” an opinion repeated by Roger, 1863b: 6. Otherwise, Dalla Torre, 1893: 260, referred the African material to Polyrhachis cafrorum Forel, 1879a, while Emery, 1896j: 379; Wheeler, 1922a: 261; Emery, 1925d: 200, referred it to Polyrhachis rugulosa Mayr, 1862. Bolton, 1973b: 318, and later authors, referred it to Polyrhachis schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859.]

Obsolete combinations

• Formica carinata

Citations

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