• [Misspelled as schiueteri by Wheeler, 1922: 1003.]
• Arnold, 1924: 748 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b: 143.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis militaris: André, 1887: 288 (in key); Emery, 1893m: 265 (footnote); Mayr, 1895: 154; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Stitz, 1910: 151.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis schistacea: Santschi, 1914e: 42; Wheeler, 1922: 1003; Arnold, 1924: 747.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 268; Forel, 1907i: 92; Forel, 1914d: 261; Santschi, 1914b: 143; Emery, 1925d: 200; Bolton, 1973b: 321 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 208; Rigato, 2016: 9 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schlueteri indigens: Arnold, 1924: 747; Bolton, 1973b: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schlueteri plebeia: Bolton, 1973b: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis schlueteri indigens Forel, 1914
• Polyrhachis schlueteri plebeia Santschi, 1914

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis militaris schlueteri

Citations

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• Arnold, G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part VI. Camponotinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:675-766. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1973b. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 28:283-369. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
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• Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. 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
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• Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215. PDF
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• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
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