• Subspecies of Polyrhachis arcuspinosa: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 285.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis sexspinosa: Bolton, 1975c: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 359; Dorow, 1995: 60.
• Status as species: Kohout, 1998: 519.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis arcuspinosa waigeuensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1975c. The sexspinosa-group of the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym. Formicidae). Journal of Entomology. Series B 44:1-14. PDF
• 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
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475. PDF
• Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113. 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.