Polyrhachis exasperata Smith, 1861 junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyrhachis rufipes Smith, 1858
Polyrhachis exasperatus Smith, 1861b: 41, pl. 1, fig. 16 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 466, cites 1 worker in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 2 worker syntypes (BMNH, OXUM), both syntypes have the number “2” written in pencil, bottom right on their stage cards.
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Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)