• Donisthorpe, 1943a: 172 (w.); Donisthorpe, 1943e: 470 (m.)
• Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1943a: 172; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 470; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 278.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis derecyna: Bolton, 1974b: 173; Bolton, 1995b: 357; Dorow, 1995: 43.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974b ("1973"). New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 109:172-180. PDF
• 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
• Donisthorpe, H. 1937e. A new subgenus and three new species of Polyrhachis Smith. Entomologist 70:273-275. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943a. Descriptions of new ants, chiefly from Waigeu Island, N. Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:167-176. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475. 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