• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 191.
• Status as species: Smith, 1865a: 69; Smith, 1871a: 316; Emery, 1887a: 229; Dalla Torre, 1893: 260; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1897: 591; Emery, 1898a: 230; Emery, 1925d: 191; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 470; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 466; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 287; Bolton, 1975c: 6 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 59.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis variolosa arcispina: Bolton, 1975c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 59.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis kellyi: Bolton, 1975c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 59.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis rugousissima: Bolton, 1975c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 59.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis variolosa: Bolton, 1975c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 59.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis variolosa waigiouensis: Bolton, 1975c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 59.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis kellyi Hung, 1967
• Polyrhachis rugousissima Donisthorpe, 1943
• Polyrhachis variolosa Emery, 1887
• Polyrhachis variolosa arcispina Santschi, 1916
• Polyrhachis variolosa waigiouensis Forel, 1911

Citations

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• 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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
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• Emery, C. 1897. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
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