• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974a: 62 (l.)
• Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 133; Taylor, 1987a: 59.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis ornata: Kohout, 1988c: 435; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 28; Kohout, 2000: 203.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
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• Viehmeyer, H. 1925b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Schluss.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 14:139-149. PDF
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