• Mayr, 1867a: 42 (q.); Karavaiev, 1927f: 26 (m.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1858a: 59.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 167.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis argentata: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 219.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis irritabilis: Roger, 1863b: 6.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis sexspinosa sericea: Bolton, 1975c: 12.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis barnardi: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 519.
• See also: Kohout, 2010: 196

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis argentata (Fabricius, 1804)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica argentata
• Polyrhachis barnardi Clark, 1928
• Polyrhachis irritabilis Smith, 1859
• Polyrhachis sexspinosa sericea Karavaiev, 1927

Obsolete combinations

• Formica sexspinosa

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1975c. The sexspinosa-group of the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym. Formicidae). Journal of Entomology. Series B 44:1-14. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1927f. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 3:3-52 [= Trudy. Ukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Fizichno-Matematichnoho Viddilu 7:3-52]. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 2010. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrmhopla Forel and Hirtomyrma subgen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 55:167-204. PDF
• 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
• Latreille, P. A. 1802a. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp. PDF
• Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1835 ("1836"). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome I. Paris: Roret, 547 pp. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1867a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 10:33-117. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
• Viehmeyer, H. 1916a ("1915"). Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168. PDF