• Combination in Polyrhachis (Pseudocyrtomyrma): Emery, 1921e: 24.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Wheeler, 1922: 997.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 997; Emery, 1925d: 206; Santschi, 1939c: 14 (in key); Bolton, 1973b: 335 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 35; Rigato, 2016: 8 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis lanuginosa conradti: Bolton, 1973b: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 35; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis lanuginosa felici: Bolton, 1973b: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 36; Rigato, 2016: 6.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis lanuginosa conradti Santschi, 1923
• Polyrhachis lanuginosa felici Emery, 1925

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
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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. 1921e. Le genre Polyrhachis. Classification; espèces nouvelles ou critiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:17-25. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Rigato, F. 2016. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4088:1-50. 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1939c. Trois notes sur quelques fourmis du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 15(14):1-15. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.