• Mayr, 1896: 250 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 207 (l.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914d: 384
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis laboriosa architecta: Bolton, 1973b: 308.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis hortulana: Bolton, 1973b: 308.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis hortulana Arnold, 1955
• Polyrhachis laboriosa architecta Santschi, 1924

Citations

• 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
• Mayr, G. 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt. Entomologisk Tidskrift 17:225-252. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953e. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46:175-217. PDF