• Arnold, 1924: 748 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b: 143
• Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 268
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis schistacea: Santschi, 1914e: 42; Wheeler, 1922: 1003; Arnold, 1924: 747
• Status as species: Forel, 1907i: 92; Forel, 1914d: 261; Santschi, 1914b: 143; Emery, 1925d: 200; Bolton, 1973b: 321
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schlueteri indigens: Arnold, 1924: 747.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schlueteri plebeia: Bolton, 1973b: 321.

Junior synonyms

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

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis militaris schlueteri

Citations

• 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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215. PDF
• Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2:75-92. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.