• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Wheeler, 1922: 994.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis cubaensis: Forel, 1894b: 72; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Wheeler, 1922: 994; Emery, 1925d: 205.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis cubaensis: Bolton, 1973b: 325; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 33.
• Status as species: André, 1887: 287 (in key); Mayr, 1893b: 196; Dalla Torre, 1893: 262; Rigato, 2016: 22 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis cubaensis striolatorugosa: Rigato, 2016: 22.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis cubaensis striolatorugosa Mayr, 1893

Citations

• André, Ern. 1887. Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6:280-298. 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
• Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215. PDF
• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1893b. Formiciden von Herrn Dr. Fr. Stuhlmann in Ost-Afrika gesammelt. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 10:194-201. 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
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.