• Mayr, 1867a: 46 (w.); Karavaiev, 1927f: 29 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1990b: 759 (l.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Roger, 1863b: 9.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Forel, 1915b: 107.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 9, 45; Mayr, 1863a: 443; Mayr, 1867a: 46 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 317; Mayr, 1872: 139; Forel, 1879a: 122; Forel, 1886d: 241; Emery, 1887a: 237; Emery, 1888: 530; Emery, 1889: 518; Forel, 1893e: 34; Dalla Torre, 1893: 258; Emery, 1895m: 481; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1900: 714; Emery, 1901i: 569; Bingham, 1903: 393; Forel, 1904c: 377; Forel, 1909i: 230; Wheeler, 1909d: 344; Forel, 1910d: 128; Forel, 1911a: 57; Forel, 1912o: 71; Forel, 1913l: 139; Viehmeyer, 1914a: 115; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 166; Viehmeyer, 1916b: 288; Wheeler, 1919f: 129; Santschi, 1920h: 176; Wheeler, 1924c: 254; Santschi, 1924c: 117; Emery, 1925d: 192; Stitz, 1925c: 132; Karavaiev, 1927f: 29; Wheeler, 1927h: 101; Karavaiev, 1928a: 317; Santschi, 1928h: 137; Mukerjee, 1930: 160; Karavaiev, 1935a: 113; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 285; Baltazar, 1966: 281; Wang & Wu, 1991: 597 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 343; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 161; Dorow, 1995: 47; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 359; Karmaly, 2004: 544 (in key); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 37; Kohout, 2008a: 293; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 7; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 40; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 36; Bharti et al., 2016: 30; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 30; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 59; Wang et al., 2022: 60.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis pandarus: Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1867a: 46; Mayr, 1872: 139; Mayr, 1886c: 357; Forel, 1886d: 241; Dalla Torre, 1893: 258; Forel, 1893e: 34; Emery, 1896j: 381; Wheeler, 1919f: 129; Emery, 1925d: 192; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 446; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 274, 285; Bolton, 1995b: 343; Dorow, 1995: 47.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis pandarus Smith, 1857

Obsolete combinations

• Formica armata

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