Polyrhachis bellicosa var. erosispina Emery, 1900: 713 (footnote) (w.) NEW GUINEA, INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kohout, 1988b: 419). Primary type locality: lectotype New Guinea: Ramoi, ii.1875 (O. Beccari). Primary type depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: 1 paralectotype worker with same data as lectotype, 1 paralectotype worker Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Kandari, iii.1874 (O. Beccari). Secondary type depository: MSNG.