• [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 508; type locality Mozambique from this reference.]
• [Misspelled as schistazeus by Gerstäcker, 1862: 508.]
• [Misspelled as schistazea by Gerstäcker, 1871: 354.]
• Forel, 1907d: 38 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1863a: 446.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1913c: 314; Santschi, 1914b: 140.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis militaris: André, 1887: 288 (in key); Emery, 1893m: 265 (footnote); Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list).
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis gagates: Forel, 1913i: 357 (in text).
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1863a: 446; Gerstäcker, 1871: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 268; Emery, 1898a: 228; Forel, 1907d: 38; Forel, 1907h: 16; Forel, 1907i: 92; Forel, 1911f: 372; Forel, 1913b: 348; Santschi, 1914b: 140; Wheeler, 1922: 261, 1000; Arnold, 1924: 742; Emery, 1925d: 200; Santschi, 1930b: 81; Santschi, 1937d: 243; Weber, 1943d: 339; Bernard, 1953b: 265; Prins, 1963: 108; Bolton, 1973b: 318 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 208; Rigato, 2016: 10 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis atrociliata: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis cafrorum: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea divina: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea divinoides: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea fracta: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea gagatoides: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis rugulosa: Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.
• Material of the unavailable names Polyrhachis schistacea atrociliata benguelensis, Polyrhachis schistacea atrociliata mediopilosa, Polyrhachis schistacea fracta subplana referred here by Bolton, 1973b: 318; Dorow, 1995: 39; Rigato, 2016: 5.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis atrociliata Santschi, 1913
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis schistacea atrociliata
• Polyrhachis cafrorum Forel, 1879
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis militaris cafrorum
• Polyrhachis rugulosa Mayr, 1862
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis schistacea rugulosa
• Polyrhachis schistacea divina Forel, 1913
• Polyrhachis schistacea divinoides Santschi, 1914
• Polyrhachis schistacea fracta Santschi, 1914
• Polyrhachis schistacea gagatoides Santschi, 1913

Obsolete combinations

• Hoplomyrmus schistaceus

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