• Donisthorpe, 1938c: 266 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma): Emery, 1925d: 208.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1902j: 527 (in text); Santschi, 1910h: 284 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 208; Wheeler, 1930k: 78; Santschi, 1932d: 19; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 266.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis levior: Dalla Torre, 1893: 264; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list).
• Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1938c: 265 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 347; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 166; Dorow, 1995: 22; Kohout, 2000: 195; Xu, 2002b: 523 (in key); Kohout, 2006d: 124; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 36.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis levior debilis

Citations

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