• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Wheeler, 1922: 994.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma): Emery, 1925d: 185.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma): Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Mayr, 1886c: 357; André, 1887: 286 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 260; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Wheeler, 1922: 994; Emery, 1925d: 185; Kohout, 1988c: 431; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 346; Dorow, 1995: 27.

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