• Lectotype designation: Taylor, 1989a: 24.
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1858a: 74.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Campomyrma): Emery, 1925d: 179.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 74; Roger, 1863b: 9, 46; Mayr, 1863a: 445; Mayr, 1876: 69 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 263; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 227; Emery, 1925d: 179; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 135; Taylor, 1987a: 60; Taylor, 1989a: 24; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 14; Shattuck & McArthur, 1995: 121; Kohout, 2012b: 326.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis froggatti: Taylor, 1989a: 24; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 15.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis froggatti Forel, 1910

Obsolete combinations

• Formica hexacantha

Citations

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