• Bolton, 1973b: 347 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Pseudocyrtomyrma): Emery, 1925d: 206.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Wheeler, 1922: 995; Bolton, 1973b: 346.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 261; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Wheeler, 1922: 995; Emery, 1925d: 206; Santschi, 1939c: 13 (in key); Bolton, 1973b: 346 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 346; Dorow, 1995: 33; Rigato, 2016: 7 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis lyrifera: Bolton, 1973b: 346; Bolton, 1995b: 346; Dorow, 1995: 33; Rigato, 2016: 4.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis maynei: Bolton, 1973b: 346; Bolton, 1995b: 346; Dorow, 1995: 33; Rigato, 2016: 4.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis lyrifera Stitz, 1933
• Polyrhachis maynei Forel, 1911

Citations

• André, Ern. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 9:311-327. PDF
• 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.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. 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. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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. 1939c. Trois notes sur quelques fourmis du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 15(14):1-15. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.