• Forel, 1912a: 79 (m.); Kohout, 2013f: 158 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 201.
• Status as species: Yano, 1910a: 423; Forel, 1912a: 79; Emery, 1925d: 201; Wheeler, 1929h: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 61; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 272; Onoyama, 1980a: 201; Morisita et al., 1991: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 36; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 167; Zhou & Zheng, 1997: 274 (in key); Zhou, 2001a: 199; Imai et al., 2003: 34; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 39; Zhou, 2006: 587; Terayama, 2009: 219; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 37; Kohout, 2013f: 158; Wong & Guénard, 2020: 39 (redescription); Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 69.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis dorsorugosa: Wu & Wang, 1995a: 167; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Kohout, 2013f: 158; Wong & Guénard, 2020: 39.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis dorsorugosa Forel, 1913
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis latona dorsorugosa

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