• [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis laevissima by B. Bolton.]
• [Misspelled as levissima by Roger, 1863b: 7; Dalla Torre, 1893: 264, and others.]
• Mayr, 1879: 651 (q.); Bingham, 1903: 402 (m.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma): Wheeler, 1919f: 137.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 7; Mayr, 1863a: 445; Smith, 1871a: 312; Smith, 1873: viii; Mayr, 1879: 651; Forel, 1885b: 176; Emery, 1887a: 240; Emery, 1889: 518; Rothney, 1889: 351; André, 1892c: 47; Forel, 1893e: 30; Dalla Torre, 1893: 264; Emery, 1895m: 483; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1900: 721; Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903: 402; Forel, 1903f: 409; Forel, 1905f: 26; Santschi, 1910h: 284 (in key); Forel, 1911f: 391; Forel, 1913l: 139; Wheeler, 1913f: 237; Viehmeyer, 1914b: 51 (in key); Viehmeyer, 1916a: 166; Wheeler, 1919f: 137; Santschi, 1920h: 175; Santschi, 1924c: 115; Emery, 1925d: 207; Stitz, 1925c: 136; Mukerjee & Ribeiro, 1925: 209; Santschi, 1928h: 134; Donisthorpe, 1938c: 252 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 264; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 23; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 363; Xu, 2002b: 523 (in key); Karmaly, 2004: 545 (in key); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 39; Kohout, 2006d: 113; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 7; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 42; Bharti et al., 2016: 31; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 32; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 68; Wang et al., 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis globularia: Mayr, 1879: 651; Forel, 1885b: 176; Dalla Torre, 1893: 264; Forel, 1893e: 30; Emery, 1896j: 380; Wheeler, 1919f: 137; Emery, 1925d: 207; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 264, 305; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 23.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis globularia Mayr, 1867

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