• Aulacomyrma as junior synonym of Polyrhachis: Brown, 1973b: 178 [provisional].
• Aulacomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis: Emery, 1921e: 17; Emery, 1925d: 197; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Dorow, 1995: 12; Bolton, 2003: 125.
• Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma) as senior synonym of Polyrhachis (Johnia): Hung, 1967b: 402; Dorow, 1995: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 125.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis (Johnia) Karavaiev, 1927

Obsolete classifications

• Aulacomyrma

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. PDF
• 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. 1921e. Le genre Polyrhachis. Classification; espèces nouvelles ou critiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:17-25. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Hung, A. C. F. 1967b. A revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis at the subgeneric level (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93:395-422. PDF