• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax): Emery, 1925d: 184.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 270; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 184; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 303; Bolton, 1995b: 358; Dorow, 1995: 63.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis ternatae: Kohout, 2008a: 259.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis ternatae Karavaiev, 1933

Citations

• André, Ern. 1887. Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6:280-298. 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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. 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. 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
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:255-317. PDF