• Replacement name for Polyrhachis hostilis hirsuta Viehmeyer, 1914b. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis hirsuta Mayr, 1876.]
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis hostilis: Emery, 1925d: 188; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 261.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis hostilis: Bolton, 1974b: 175; Bolton, 1995b: 350; Dorow, 1995: 19.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974b ("1973"). New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 109:172-180. PDF
• 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
• 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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1918a. Études myrmécologiques en 1917. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:717-727. PDF