This history item belongs to Polyrhachis defensus Smith, 1857
Its current taxon owner(s) is Polyrhachis armata defensa
[Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis armata defensa by B. Bolton.]
[Justified emendation of spelling to {tax 445617} by B. Bolton.]
| Polyrhachis armata defensa | Subspecies | Valid | 
| Polyrhachis defensa | Species | Obsolete combination an obsolete combination of Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith, 1857 | 
| Polyrhachis defensus | Species | Unavailable misspelling a misspelling of Polyrhachis defensa Smith, 1857 | 
| #312455 (selected) | [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis armata defensa by B. Bolton.] | 
| #266747 | Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 192. | 
| #266748 | Junior synonym of Polyrhachis armata: Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1872: 139; Mayr, 1886c: 356; Forel, 1886d: 241; Forel, 1893e: 34; Dalla Torre, 1893: 258; Emery, 1896j: 381; Wheeler, 1919f: 129; Dorow, 1995: 47. | 
| #289528 | Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 62; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Bingham, 1903: 393 (in text); Crawley, 1924a: 407. | 
| #266749 | Subspecies of Polyrhachis armata: Emery, 1925d: 192; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 445; Karavaiev, 1935a: 113; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 347; Bharti et al., 2016: 30; Wang et al., 2022: 61. | 
| #266750 | Senior synonym of Polyrhachis armata minor: Bingham, 1903: 393 (in text); Emery, 1925d: 192; Dorow, 1995: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 347. |