Polyergus rufescens valid France. Palearctic.
Latreille, P. A. 1798. Essai sur l'histoire des fourmis de la France. Brive: F. Bourdeaux, 50 pp.   126792

Polyergus rufescens bicolor obsolete combination U.S.A. (Wisconsin). Nearctic.
Wasmann, E. 1901. Neues über die zusammengesetzten Nester und gemischten Kolonien der Ameisen. [part]. Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Entomologie 6:369-371.   129629

Polyergus rufescens bicolor foreli nomen nudum
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp.   130044

Polyergus rufescens breviceps obsolete combination U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.
Emery, C. 1893k. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 7:633-682.   124571

Polyergus rufescens breviceps fusciventris unavailable U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569.   130116

Polyergus rufescens breviceps montezuma unavailable Mexico (Hidalgo). Nearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 22:37-61.   130084

Polyergus rufescens breviceps silvestrii unavailable U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Santschi, F. 1911d ("1909"). Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Prof. F. Silvestri aux Etats Unis en 1908. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 41:3-7.   128261

Polyergus rufescens breviceps umbratus unavailable U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421.   130089

Polyergus rufescens fusciventris synonym of Polyergus mexicanus U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, E. W. 1944. The ants of North Dakota. North Dakota Historical Quarterly 11:231-271.   129845

Polyergus rufescens laeviceps synonym of Polyergus mexicanus U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421.   130089

Polyergus rufescens mexicanus obsolete combination Mexico. Nearctic.
Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:105-136.   142485

Polyergus rufescens samurai obsolete combination Japan. Palearctic.
Yano, M. 1911b. A new slave-making ant from Japan. Psyche (Cambridge) 18:110-112.   130528

Polyergus rufescens tianschanicus synonym of Polyergus rufescens Kyrgyzstan. Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1927c. Polyergus rufescens tianschanicus subsp. nov. aus Turkestan. Societas Entomologica. Stuttgart 42:41-42.   126756

Polyergus rufescens umbratus synonym of Polyergus mexicanus U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585.   123910