• Forel, 1910d: 128 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 201.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Smith, 1871a: 313; Mayr, 1886c: 357; Dalla Torre, 1893: 261; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Wheeler, 1909d: 344; Forel, 1910d: 128; Viehmeyer, 1916b: 288; Emery, 1925d: 201; Stitz, 1925c: 135; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 271; Baltazar, 1966: 276; Bolton, 1995b: 346; Dorow, 1995: 33; Sorger & Zettel, 2009: 30 (redescription); Zettel, 2013: 8.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis cyaneus: Roger, 1863b: 9; Dalla Torre, 1893: 261; Emery, 1896j: 380; Emery, 1925d: 201; Bolton, 1995b: 346; Sorger & Zettel, 2009: 30.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis cyaneus Mayr, 1862

Citations

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