• Santschi, 1912b: 166 (q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Wheeler, 1922: 999.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 270.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis militaris: Emery, 1893m: 265 (footnote); Mayr, 1895: 154; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Santschi, 1912b: 166; Wheeler, 1922: 999; Santschi, 1924b: 222 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 199.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis militaris: Bolton, 1973b: 313; Bolton, 1995b: 357; Dorow, 1995: 36; Rigato, 2016: 31.

Citations

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