• Lectotype designation: Zettel, 2019: 65.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis): Zettel, 2019: 65.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis bihamata: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 304.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis bihamata: Hung, 1970: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 358; Dorow, 1995: 64; Kohout, 1998: 508; Kohout, 2014: 10.
• Status as species: Zettel, 2019: 65 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis bihamata tonsilis

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
• Hung, A. C. F. 1970. A revision of ants of the subgenus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Oriental Insects 4:1-36. 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. 2014. A review of the subgenus Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) with keys and description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology 6:1-31. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1928h. Fourmis de Sumatra, récoltées par Mr. J. B. Corporaal. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 71:119-140. PDF
• Zettel, H. 2019. Two new species from Malaysia and further taxonomic notes on Polyrhachis s.str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 71:57-73. PDF