• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 206 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a: 220 (l.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 109.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 70 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 263; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1897: 583 (in key); Emery, 1914a: 181; Emery, 1925d: 186; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 136; Taylor, 1987a: 60; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 515; Kohout, 1994a: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 350; Dorow, 1995: 19; Kohout, 1998: 511; Kohout, 2000: 191; Kohout, 2008c: 169 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis hookeri aerea: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 515; Kohout, 1994a: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 350; Dorow, 1995: 19.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis cataulacoidea: Kohout, 1994a: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 350; Dorow, 1995: 19.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis cataulacoidea Stitz, 1911
• Polyrhachis hookeri aerea Forel, 1902

Citations

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