• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1858a: 73.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925d: 187.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 73; Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 445; Lowne, 1865b: 333; Emery, 1887a: 229; Dalla Torre, 1893: 264; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 187; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 137; Taylor, 1987a: 61; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 19.
• Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Polyrhachis: Kohout, 1998: 528.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica latreillii

Citations

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