• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 196.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis simplex: Forel, 1895f: 456; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 196; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 297.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis lacteipennis: Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 52.
• Status as species: Dietrich, 2004: 335; Rasheed et al., 2019: 431.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis simplex grisescens

Citations

• 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
• Dietrich, C. O. 2004. Taxonomische Beiträge zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Denisia 14:319-344. 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. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 34[=(2)14]:450-483.
• 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. 1895f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9:453-472. PDF
• Rasheed, M. T.; Bodlah, I.; Fareen, A. G.; Wachkoo, A. A.; Huang, X.; Akbar, S. A. 2019. A Checklist of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66:426-439. 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330 PDF