• Mayr, 1862: 688 (w.); Mayr, 1876: 70 (m.); Crozier, 1970a: 115 (k.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1990b: 756 (l.)
• Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1858a: 59.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 107.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 59; Mayr, 1862: 688; Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1863a: 446; Mayr, 1867a: 41 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 310, 317; Mayr, 1872: 138; Mayr, 1876: 68 (in key); Emery, 1887a: 237; Forel, 1893e: 30; Dalla Torre, 1893: 267; Emery, 1893g: 200; Emery, 1893h: 254; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1897: 582; Emery, 1900: 720; Forel, 1901c: 34; Dahl, 1901: 16 (in key); Bingham, 1903: 414; Forel, 1909i: 229; Forel, 1909k: 402; Wheeler, 1909d: 344; Santschi, 1910h: 284 (in key); Emery, 1911f: 532; Emery, 1911g: 250; Forel, 1911b: 212; Stitz, 1911a: 381; Stitz, 1912: 513; Forel, 1913l: 139; Viehmeyer, 1914a: 116; Viehmeyer, 1914b: 51 (in key); Forel, 1915b: 107; Wheeler, 1919f: 136; Wheeler, 1923c: 6; Wheeler, 1924c: 254; Crawley, 1924a: 409; Santschi, 1924c: 115; Emery, 1925d: 208; Karavaiev, 1927f: 49; Wheeler, 1927b: 46; Karavaiev, 1928a: 323; Santschi, 1928h: 134; Wheeler, 1930b: 106; Mukerjee, 1934: 12; Wheeler, 1935g: 48; Donisthorpe, 1938c: 254 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 265; Baltazar, 1966: 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 139; Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512; Wang & Wu, 1991: 597 (in key); Wang, 1992: 681; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1316; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 166; Tang et al., 1995: 120; Dorow, 1995: 24; Zhou & Zheng, 1997: 274 (in key); Tiwari, 1999: 76; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 365; Zhou, 2001a: 193; Xu, 2002b: 523 (in key); Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Karmaly, 2004: 548 (in key); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 39; Kohout, 2006d: 114; Kohout, 2007d: 118 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 219; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 7; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 43; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 37; Bharti et al., 2016: 31; Dias et al., 2020: 54; Wong & Guénard, 2020: 47; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 73.
• Senior synonym of Polyrhachis rastellata ceylonensis Donisthorpe, 1938c: Dorow, 1995: 24.

Junior synonyms

• Polyrhachis rastellata ceylonensis Donisthorpe, 1938

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rastellata

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