• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Wheeler, 1922: 994.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Mayr, 1893b: 197; Dalla Torre, 1893: 261; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Wheeler, 1922: 994; Arnold, 1924: 752; Emery, 1925d: 205; Weber, 1943d: 388; Bolton, 1973b: 325 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 346; Dorow, 1995: 33; Rigato, 2016: 13 (redescription).

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