• Combination in Hemioptica: Emery, 1925d: 210.
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Bolton, 1995b: 345.
• Status as species: Forel, 1909k: 402; Emery, 1925d: 210; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 29; Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 98 (redescription); Dias et al., 2020: 48.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Dorow, W. H. O.; Kohout, R. J. 1995. A review of the subgenus Hemioptica Roger of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 69:93-104. PDF
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