• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b: 140.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1913i: 357; Wheeler, 1922: 1002.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis nigriseta: Santschi, 1914b: 140; Emery, 1925d: 199.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis gagates: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1973b. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 28:283-369. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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. 1913i. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:347-359. PDF
• Rigato, F. 2016. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4088:1-50. 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.