• [Also described as new by Karavaiev, 1928a: 316.]
• Subspecies of Polyrhachis sexspinosa: Santschi, 1932d: 20; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 297.
• Junior synonym of Polyrhachis sexspinosa: Bolton, 1975c: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 60.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1975c. The sexspinosa-group of the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym. Formicidae). Journal of Entomology. Series B 44:1-14. PDF
• 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
• Karavaiev, V. 1927f. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 3:3-52 [= Trudy. Ukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Fizichno-Matematichnoho Viddilu 7:3-52]. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1928a. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. IV. Ueber Ameisennester, hauptsächlich von Polyrhachis-Arten. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 5:129-150 [= Trudy. Ukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Fizichno-Matematichnoho Viddilu 6:307-328].
• Martynov, A. V.; Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Karawajew's ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zootaxa 4097(2):244-254. 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.6 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1932d. Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique (2)4:11-29.