• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Wheeler, 1919f: 130.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis sexspinosa: Emery, 1897: 591; Emery, 1898a: 230; Emery, 1911f: 539; Viehmeyer, 1913: 153; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 535.
• Status as species: Smith, 1861b: 39; Smith, 1863a: 13; Roger, 1863b: 8; Mayr, 1863a: 446; Smith, 1865a: 69; Mayr, 1867a: 43 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 314; Dalla Torre, 1893: 268; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1901i: 569; Wheeler, 1919f: 130; Emery, 1925d: 191; Karavaiev, 1927f: 25; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 457; Donisthorpe, 1941h: 62; Donisthorpe, 1949b: 501; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 296; Bolton, 1975c: 11 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 59; Kohout, 2008a: 305; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 43.

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