• Replacement name for Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1859a. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1858a.]
• [Misspelled as laevior by Mayr, 1876: 71, and others.]
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 110.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis rastellata: Forel, 1902j: 527; Santschi, 1910h: 284 (in key); Forel, 1915b: 110; Wheeler, 1923c: 6; Emery, 1925d: 208; Santschi, 1932d: 19; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 266.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 68 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 264; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1897: 582; Viehmeyer, 1913: 155; Viehmeyer, 1914b: 50 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1932c: 453; Donisthorpe, 1938c: 248 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 137; Taylor, 1987a: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 351; Dorow, 1995: 23; Kohout, 2006d: 130; Kohout, 2009: 44 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 37.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis rastellata levior

Citations

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