• [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis ithona by B. Bolton.]
• [Misspelled as ithonius by Donisthorpe, 1943e: 471.]
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 202.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis relucens: Dalla Torre, 1893: 268; Emery, 1893g: 228; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Emery, 1897: 579 (in key); Emery, 1898a: 229; Stitz, 1911a: 375; Emery, 1925d: 202; Santschi, 1932d: 20; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 460; Wheeler, 1934a: 179; Wheeler, 1935g: 47; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 471; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 276.
• Status as species: Smith, 1863a: 13; Roger, 1863b: 7; Mayr, 1863a: 445; Smith, 1865a: 68; Smith, 1871a: 315; Bolton, 1974b: 177; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 136; Taylor, 1987a: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 350; Dorow, 1995: 35; Kohout, 2008a: 275; Sarnat et al., 2013: 70.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis chaonia: Bolton, 1974b: 177; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Kohout, 2008a: 271.
• Material of the unavailable name Polyrhachis relucens ithonus silvatica referred here by Dorow, 1995: 35.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis chaonia Smith, 1861

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis relucens ithonus

Citations

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• 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
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