• [Misspelled as reluscens by Donisthorpe, 1943e: 471; Donisthorpe, 1949h: 420.]
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1857a: 59.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Forel, 1915b: 110.
• Status as species: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 220; Smith, 1857a: 59; Smith, 1858a: 59; Mayr, 1862: 685; Roger, 1863b: 6, 45; Mayr, 1863a: 446; Mayr, 1867a: 55 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 310; Mayr, 1876: 70 (in key); Mayr, 1879: 655; Forel, 1886d: 242; Emery, 1887a: 230; Forel, 1893e: 35; Dalla Torre, 1893: 267; Emery, 1893g: 228; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Emery, 1897: 579 (in key); Emery, 1898a: 229; Forel, 1901c: 28; Dahl, 1901: 17 (in key); Emery, 1911f: 532; Wheeler, 1919f: 122; Emery, 1925d: 202; Stitz, 1925c: 135; Wheeler, 1935g: 47; Donisthorpe, 1941h: 61; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 275; Wilson, 1962c: 19; Taylor, 1976a: 90; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 38.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica relucens
• Myrma relucens

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