• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 205.
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis murina: Emery, 1925d: 205; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 273; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 37.
• Status as species: Kohout, 2013f: 164.

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis murina selecta

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
• 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. 1911b. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. II. Theil. Notes from the Leyden Museum 33:193-218. PDF
• Kohout, R. J. 2013f. A review of the Polyrhachis aculeata species-group of the subgenus Myrma Billberg (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae), with keys and descriptions of new species. Australian Entomologist 40 (3):137-171. PDF