- [Polyrhachis Shuckard, 1840e: 172, nomen nudum.]
- Polyrhachis in Formicidae: Smith, 1858a: 58.
- Polyrhachis in Formicinae: Mayr, 1862: 652 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 6 [Formicidae].
- Polyrhachis in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c: 367 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257.
- Polyrhachis in Camponotinae, Polyrhachidini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
- Polyrhachis in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886h: 194; Forel, 1893b: 165; Emery, 1895l: 772; Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 89; Forel, 1917: 251; Arnold, 1924: 741.
- Polyrhachis in Formicinae, Camponotini: Wheeler, 1922: 701; Emery, 1925d: 175; all subsequent authors except the following.
- Polyrhachis in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991: 295.
- Polyrhachis as subgenus of Myrma: Wheeler, 1911c: 860; Wheeler, 1911g: 170. [Myrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis: Forel, 1915b: 106; Forel, 1917: 251; Wheeler, 1922: 702, 993; Emery, 1925d: 198; all subsequent authors (see note under Myrma).]
- [Polyrachis Arnold, 1924: 741, incorrect subsequent spelling.]
Subgenera
- Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma) Emery, 1921
- Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) Wheeler, 1911
- Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) Forel, 1915
- Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel, 1915
- Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) Wheeler, 1911
- Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) Forel, 1915
- Polyrhachis (Hemioptica) Roger, 1862
- Polyrhachis (Hirtomyrma) Kohout, 2010
- Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) Forel, 1915
- Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) Forel, 1915
- Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) Forel, 1915
- Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) Smith, 1857
Genus Polyrhachis references
Smith, 1858a: 58 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b: 6 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a: 422, 443 (Hemioptica, Polyrhachis catalogues); Mayr, 1865: 6 (Polyrhachis, Hemioptica diagnoses); Mayr, 1867a: 40, 41 (diagnosis, species groups (as "turmae")); Mayr, 1876: 68 (Australia species key); Forel, 1878c: 368 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1879: 648 (species groups); André, 1887: 286 (Afrotropical species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 257, 271 (Polyrhachis, Hemioptica catalogues); Forel, 1893e: 17 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Emery, 1896j: 378 (catalogue); Emery, 1897: 579, 582 (Polyrhachis relucens & Polyrhachis guerini groups, keys); Emery, 1898a: 227 (additions to 1896a catalogue); Bingham, 1903: 383 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Santschi, 1910h: 284 (Polyrhachis rastellata group, key); Viehmeyer, 1914b: 50, 54 (Polyrhachis rastellata & Polyrhachis hostilis groups, keys); Wheeler, 1922: 256, 701, 992 (diagnosis, subgenera key, Afrotropical catalogue); Arnold, 1924: 741 (diagnosis, South Africa species key); Emery, 1925d: 175 (diagnosis, subgenera key, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 178 (Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 180 (Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 181 (Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 182 (Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 184 (Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 185 (Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 188 (Polyrhachis (Dolichorhachis) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 189 (Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 190 (Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 197 (Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 198 (Polyrhachis (Myrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 206 (Polyrhachis (Pseudocyrtomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 207 (Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d: 209 (Hemioptica diagnosis, catalogue); Donisthorpe, 1938c: 246 (Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) review); Santschi, 1939c: 13 (Polyrhachis (Pseudocyrtomyrma) species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 186, 255, 256 (Asia Irenea, Hemioptica, Polyrhachis checklists); Hung, 1962: 24 (Taiwan species key); Hung, 1967b: 395 (review of subgenera); Hung, 1970: 5 (Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) species revision, key); Bolton, 1973b: 289 (Afrotropical species revision, key); Bolton, 1975c: 1 (Polyrhachis sexspinosa group, key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 131 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a: 59 (Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Kohout, 1987: 169 (Philippines Polyrhachis sexspinosa group, key); Kohout, 1989: 515 (Australia Polyrhachis relucens group, key); Kohout, 1990: 500 (Polyrhachis viehmeyeri group, key); Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 509 (Australia checklist); Morisita et al., 1991: 45 (Japan species key); Wang & Wu, 1991: 596 (China species key); Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 96 (Polyrhachis (Hemioptica) species key); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 342 (catalogue); Dorow, 1995: 9 (subgenera revision, subgenera key, catalogue); Dorow, 1995: 10-11 (Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) species groups, key; Polyrhachis arachne-, Polyrhachis cryptoceroides- Polyrhachis flavoflagellata-, Polyrhachis furcata- and Polyrhachis hector species groups, keys); Dorow, 1995: 12 (Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 13 (Polyrhachis (Campomoyrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 16 (Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 21 (Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 24 (Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 26 (Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 28 (Polyrhachis (Hemioptica) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 30 (Polyrhachis (Myrma) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 42 (Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 45 (Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 61 (Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) synopsis); Dorow, 1995: 63 (Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) synopsis); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 159 (China species key); Zhou & Zheng, 1997 (Guangxi China species); Shattuck, 1999: 107 (Australia synopsis); Zhou, 2001a: 190 (China, Guangxi species key); Xu, 2002b: 523 (China Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) species key; Bolton, 2003: 122 (synopsis); Karmaly, 2004: 542 (India species key); Kohout, 2006c: 146 (Polyrhachis cryptoceroides group, key); Kohout, 2006d: 87 (Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma)); Kohout, 2007c: 189 (subgenus Aulacomyrma diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kohout, 2007b: 8 (Borneo Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) key); Kohout, 2008a: 255 (Sulawesi species, keys); Kohout, 2008b: 298 (Polyrhachis vestita group key); Kohout, 2008d: 12 (Polyrhachis flavoflagellata group key); Kohout, 2009: 40, 44 (modifications to Kohout 2006b key); Terayama, 2009: 218 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009: 106 (south-western Australia species key); Kohout, 2010: 169, 171, 200 (Australia subgenera key, Australia Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) species key, Australia Polyrhachis (Hirtomyrma) species key); Kohout, 2012a: 38, 43, 50 (Australia Polyrhachis (Myrma), Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) and Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) keys); Kohout, 2012b (Polyrhachis hexacantha complex species key); Kohout, 2013c (Polyrhachis xiphias species-group diagnosis, species revision, key); Kohout, 2013f (Polyrhachis aculeata species-group diagnosis, review, key); Kohout, 2013e (Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) revision, species key, species-group definition and diagnosis); Kohout, 2013d (Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) gravis and micans species-group diagnosis, review, species key); Kohout, 2014 (subgenus Polyrhachis diagnosis, review, species key); (Mezger & Moreau, 2016: 1 (phylogeny); Rigato, 2016: 1 (Sub-Saharan Africa keys to species-groups and species); Cantone, 2017: 170 (brief male diagnosis); Blanchard et al., 2020: 5852 (phylogeny, evolution); Wong & Guénard, 2021: 10 (Hong Kong, Macau species key); Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 50 (male identification); Blanchard & Moreau, 2022: 1 (phylogeny, evolution); Jaitrong et al., 2023: 446 (Thailand Polyrhachis flavicornis species group review), 448 (Thailand Polyrhachis flavicornis species group diagnosis, key to workers).
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