• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 204.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Dorow, 1995: 31.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis orsylla halmaheirae: Emery, 1925d: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Dorow, 1995: 31.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis orsylla halmaheirae Forel, 1886
  Obsolete combination(s): Polyrhachis halmaheirae

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 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. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1867a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 10:33-117. PDF