• Combination in Polyrhachis: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Campomyrma): Bolton, 1995b: 348; Dorow, 1995: 14.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 414; Motschoulsky, 1863: 11; Smith, 1871a: 318; Dalla Torre, 1893: 195; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 459; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 199, 258 (combinations in Formica, Polyrhachis, respectively); Bolton, 1995b: 348; Dorow, 1995: 14; Tiwari, 1999: 76; Karmaly, 2004: 548 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 30; Dias et al., 2020: 50.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis clypeata: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 459; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 348; Dorow, 1995: 14; Karmaly, 2004: 548 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis indica: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 348; Dorow, 1995: 14.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis clypeata Mayr, 1862
• Polyrhachis indica Mayr, 1870

Obsolete combinations

• Formica exercita

Citations

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