• Replacement name for Polyrhachis affinis Smith, 1858a. [Junior secondary homonym of Polyrhachis affinis Le Guillou, 1842.]
• [Misspelled as ircina by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 292.]
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 197.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1886c: 357; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 197; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 292; Tang et al., 1995: 121; Karmaly, 2004: 544; Bharti et al., 2016: 32.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis dives: Wang & Wu, 1991: 599; Bolton, 1995b: 358; Dorow, 1995: 52; Zhou, 2001a: 191; Wong & Guénard, 2020: 19.

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