• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 192.
• Status as species: Smith, 1871a: 316; Dalla Torre, 1893: 266; Emery, 1896j: 382 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 192; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 470; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 467; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 293; Hung, 1971: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 58.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis atalanta: Emery, 1925d: 192; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 58.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis kirkae: Hung, 1971: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 58.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis atalanta Emery, 1898
• Polyrhachis kirkae Donisthorpe, 1937

Citations

• 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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475. 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. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Hung, A. C. F. 1971. On the taxonomic status of Polyrhachis kirkae Donisthorpe and its presumed mimicry (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 82:43-47. PDF
• Smith, F. 1863a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7:6-48. PDF
• Smith, F. 1871a. A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part]. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:285-348. PDF