• Mayr, 1876: 72 (q.m.); Imai et al., 1977: 347 (k.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1858a: 73.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma): Wheeler, 1911c: 860.
• Status as species: Fabricius, 1782: 492; Fabricius, 1787: 310; Gmelin, 1790: 2802; Christ, 1791: 507; Olivier, 1792: 499; Fabricius, 1793: 361; Latreille, 1802a: 132; Fabricius, 1804: 411; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 221; Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 204; Smith, 1858a: 73; Mayr, 1862: 678 (redescription); Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 443; Lowne, 1865b: 333; Mayr, 1865: 38; Mayr, 1876: 69 (in key); Forel, 1879a: 116; Emery, 1887a: 224; Dalla Torre, 1893: 258; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Wheeler, 1911c: 860; Emery, 1914a: 181; Forel, 1915b: 108; Emery, 1925d: 184; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 131; Taylor, 1987a: 58; Kohout, 1988c: 430; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 25; Kohout, 2000: 197; Kohout, 2013e: 499 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis ammon angustata: Kohout, 1988c: 430; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 25; Kohout, 2013e: 499.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis ammon angustata Forel, 1902

Obsolete combinations

• Formica ammon

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