• Combination in Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 112.
• Status as species: Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Forel, 1915b: 112; Emery, 1925d: 190; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 138; Taylor, 1987a: 61; Kohout, 1988c: 435; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 28; Kohout, 2000: 203.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis chrysothorax: Kohout, 1988c: 435; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 28; Kohout, 2000: 203.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis humerosa: Kohout, 1988c: 435; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 28; Kohout, 2000: 203.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis chrysothorax Viehmeyer, 1925
• Polyrhachis humerosa Emery, 1921

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• 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
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• Kohout, R. J.; Taylor, R. W. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28:509-522. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12:56-115. PDF
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