Polyrhachis diaphantus Smith, 1861b: 40, pl. 1, fig. 12 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 466, cites worker in OXUM, but does not give the number of specimens. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 2 worker syntypes in OXUM.