• Replacement name for Polyrhachis atalanta Wheeler, 1922. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis atalanta Emery, 1898b.]
• Status as species: Bolton, 1973b: 309 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 36; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 207; Rigato, 2016: 10 (in key), 47.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis iperpunctata: Bolton, 1973b: 309; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 36; Rigato, 2016: 4.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis iperpunctata Menozzi, 1942

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1973b. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 28:283-369. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Rigato, F. 2016. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4088:1-50. 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF