• Replacement name for Polyrhachis hector Smith, 1859a. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis hector Smith, 1857a.]
• Donisthorpe, 1949h: 420 (m.); Kohout, 1989: 510 (w.q.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Forel, 1915b: 110.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis relucens: Emery, 1897: 579 (in key); Emery, 1898a: 229; Forel, 1901c: 28; Forel, 1907d: 38; Forel, 1910b: 89; Emery, 1911g: 250; Forel, 1915b: 110; Mann, 1919: 380; Emery, 1925d: 202; Karavaiev, 1927f: 47; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 454; Santschi, 1932d: 21; Wheeler, 1934a: 179; Wheeler, 1935g: 47; Donisthorpe, 1949h: 420; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 275.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis ithona: Bolton, 1974b: 177; Taylor, 1987a: 60.
• Status as species: Kohout, 1988c: 430; Kohout, 1989: 509; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 31; Kohout, 1998: 521; Kohout, 2012a: 39; Sarnat et al., 2013: 70.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis relucens australiae: Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Kohout, 1988c: 430; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 31; Kohout, 2012a: 39.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis connectens: Emery, 1897: 580; Emery, 1898a: 229; Emery, 1925d: 202; Kohout, 1988c: 431; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 31.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis proxima semirufipes: Kohout, 1998: 521.
• Material of the unavailable name Polyrhachis sericata pruinosula harmsi referred here by Kohout, 1998: 521.
• Material of the unavailable name Polyrhachis relucens andromache nesiotis referred here by Dorow, 1995: 32.
• Material of the unavailable name Polyrhachis relucens andromache vaga referred here by Dorow, 1995: 32.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis connectens Emery, 1887
• Polyrhachis proxima semirufipes Donisthorpe, 1943
• Polyrhachis relucens australiae Emery, 1887
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis connectens australiae

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis relucens andromache

Citations

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