• Combination in Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma): Emery, 1925d: 208.
• Status as species: Dahl, 1901: 16 (in key); Santschi, 1910h: 284 (in key); Viehmeyer, 1914b: 50 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 208; Donisthorpe, 1938c: 257 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 265; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 24; Kohout, 2006d: 132.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis rastellata major: Viehmeyer, 1914b: 50 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 24; Kohout, 2006d: 132.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis rastellata major Stitz, 1911

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dahl, F. 1901. Das Leben der Ameisen im Bismarck-Archipel, nach eigenen Beobachtungen vergleichend dargestellt. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2:1-70. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1938c. The subgenus Cyrtomyrma Forel of Polyrhachis Smith, and descriptions of new species, etc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)1:246-267.
• 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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1901c. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2:4-37.
• Kohout, R. J. 2006d. Review of Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) of Australia, Borneo, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:87-146. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1910h. Deux nouvelles fourmis du Tonkin. Naturaliste 32:283-284. PDF
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914b ("1913"). Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12):24-60. PDF