• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 194.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis acantha: Emery, 1925d: 194; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 284.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis saevissima: Bolton, 1995b: 358; Dorow, 1995: 48.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis acantha timorensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 21:659-673. PDF