• Combination in Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 110.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis aurea: Emery, 1898a: 229; Forel, 1901c: 32; Dahl, 1901: 15 (in key); Emery, 1911f: 532; Emery, 1911g: 250; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 532; Forel, 1915b: 110; Emery, 1925d: 186; Wheeler, 1935g: 46; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 590; Donisthorpe, 1948b: 317; Donisthorpe, 1948g: 140; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 259.
• Status as species: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 516; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995: 20; Kohout, 1998: 512.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis arcuata aruana: Kohout, 1998: 512.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis arcuata aruana Karavaiev, 1927

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis aurea obtusa

Citations

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