• [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis rufofemorata by B. Bolton.]
• Kohout, 1989: 514 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 202.
• Status as species: Smith, 1861b: 39; Smith, 1863a: 13; Roger, 1863b: 8; Mayr, 1863a: 446; Mayr, 1867a: 61 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 314; Emery, 1887a: 232; Dalla Torre, 1893: 268; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 228; Emery, 1898b: 241; Emery, 1901i: 568; Emery, 1911f: 532; Emery, 1925d: 202; Karavaiev, 1927f: 47; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 454; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 471; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 592; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 276; Bolton, 1974b: 178; Kohout, 1989: 514 (redescription); Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 38; Kohout, 1998: 523; Kohout, 2008a: 276; Kohout, 2012a: 42.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis biroi bidentata: Kohout, 1998: 523; Kohout, 2012a: 42.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis biroi: Kohout, 1998: 523.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis merops: Bolton, 1974b: 178; Kohout, 1989: 514; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 39; Kohout, 1998: 523; Kohout, 2008a: 276.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis biroi paprika: Kohout, 1998: 523.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis biroi Forel, 1907
• Polyrhachis biroi bidentata Stitz, 1912
• Polyrhachis biroi paprika Forel, 1911
• Polyrhachis merops Smith, 1860

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