• Kohout, 2013a: 41 (q.).
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1922b: 200
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis conops: Emery, 1925d: 200; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 270; Bolton, 1995b: 357; Dorow, 1995: 33.
• Status as species: Kohout, 1998: 520; Kohout, 2013a: 40.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis continua hirsutula: Kohout, 1998: 520; Kohout, 2013a: 40.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis continua hirsutula Emery, 1911

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis conops spinifera

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922b. Il genere Lasius (F.) Mayr e particolarmente le forme mediterranee del gruppo umbratus\ Nyl. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 54:9-15. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42:505-531.
• Kohout, R. J. 2013a. A review of the Polyrhachis continua species-group of the subgenus Myrma Billberg (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) with keys and descriptions of new species. Australian Entomologist 40 (1):13-46. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911:351-381. PDF