• [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis spinigera by B. Bolton.]
• [Polyrhachis spiniger Smith, 1873: viii. Nomen nudum (attributed to Mayr).]
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis simplex: Forel, 1893e: 34; Emery, 1896j: 381; Bingham, 1903: 394; Forel, 1909k: 404; Emery, 1925d: 196; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 306; Bolton, 1974b: 177; Dorow, 1995: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 357; Tiwari, 1999: 75.
• Status as species: Forel, 1886d: 241; Emery, 1889: 519; Rothney, 1889: 352; Dalla Torre, 1893: 270; Emery, 1893h: 254; Rothney, 1903: 99; Dietrich, 2004: 334; Bharti et al., 2016: 32.

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