• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 191.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis sexspinosa: Emery, 1898a: 230; Forel, 1910d: 128; Emery, 1911g: 250; Viehmeyer, 1916b: 288; Emery, 1925d: 191; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 296; Baltazar, 1966: 283.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis sexspinosa: Bolton, 1975c: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 348; Dorow, 1995: 60.
• Status as species: Kohout, 1998: 518.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis arcuspinosa: Kohout, 1998: 518.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis juxtaspinosa: Kohout, 1998: 518.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis arcuspinosa Donisthorpe, 1941
• Polyrhachis juxtaspinosa Donisthorpe, 1949

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis sexspinosa esuriens

Citations

• Baltazar, C. R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monograph 8:1-488. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1975c. The sexspinosa-group of the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym. Formicidae). Journal of Entomology. Series B 44:1-14. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. 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. 1897. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
• Emery, C. 1898a. Aggiunte e correzioni al saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrachis [sic] e affini. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)2:225-231. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911g. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guinea 9:249-259. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910d. Fourmis des Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. Section D. General Biology, Ethnology and Anthropology 5:121-130. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42:505-531.
• Viehmeyer, H. 1916b. Ameisen von den Philippinen und anderer Herkunft (Hym.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 5:283-291. PDF