• [Justified emendation of spelling to Polyrhachis saevissima argentea by B. Bolton.]
• Forel, 1893e: 34 (q.m.).
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Wheeler, 1919f: 131.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis acantha acasta: Forel, 1886d: 241 (in text); Mayr, 1893b: 197 (in text); Dalla Torre, 1893: 257; Mayr, 1893b: 197.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis tibialis: Bingham, 1903: 397.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis diaphanta: Viehmeyer, 1912b: 23 (in list).
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis saevissima: Dorow, 1995: 47.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 443; Mayr, 1865: 40 (redescription); Mayr, 1867a: 49 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 317; Emery, 1887a: 237; Emery, 1889: 519; Forel, 1893e: 34; Emery, 1893g: 199; Emery, 1893h: 254; Emery, 1893i: 269; Emery, 1895m: 482; Emery, 1896j: 381 (in list); Emery, 1897: 592; Rothney, 1903: 99; Wheeler, 1909d: 345; Wheeler, 1919f: 131; Mann, 1919: 388; Wheeler, 1924c: 254; Wheeler, 1935g: 47; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 285; Baltazar, 1966: 280; Sarnat et al., 2013: 70.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis acantha: Emery, 1900: 717; Emery, 1925d: 194.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis saevissima: Bolton, 1995b: 343; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 43; Bharti et al., 2016: 32; Dias et al., 2020: 55.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis argentea

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