• [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis derecyna by B. Bolton.]
• Replacement name for Polyrhachis dolomedes Smith, 1863a. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis dolomedes Smith, 1863a.]
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 470.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa): Dorow, 1995: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 347.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 261; Emery, 1896j: 382 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 209; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 470; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 472; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 305; Bolton, 1974b: 173; Bolton, 1995b: 347; Dorow, 1995: 43.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis pseuadonyma: Dalla Torre, 1893: 261; Emery, 1896j: 382; Emery, 1925d: 209; Bolton, 1974b: 173; Bolton, 1995b: 347; Dorow, 1995: 43.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis taurus: Bolton, 1974b: 173; Bolton, 1995b: 347; Dorow, 1995: 43.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis pseuadonyma Forel, 1886
• Polyrhachis taurus Donisthorpe, 1937

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974b ("1973"). New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 109:172-180. 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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. 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
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Smith, F. 1871b. A catalogue of the aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. [concl.]. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:349-415. PDF