Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) nitens Donisthorpe, 1944c: 65 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia: Waigeu I.). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Waigeu I., Camp Nok, 2500 ft, v.1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903339.