• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 202.
• Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 202; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 276; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 38.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis decipiens: Kohout, 1998: 521; Kohout, 2008a: 271.

Citations

• 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
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• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42:505-531.
• Kohout, R. J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:255-317. PDF
• Viehmeyer, H. 1913. Ameisen aus dem Kopal von Celebes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74:141-155. PDF