Taxonomic history
[Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862 PDF: 508; type-locality Mozambique from this reference.].[Misspelled as schistazeus by Gerstäcker, 1862 PDF: 508; misspelled as schistazea by Gerstäcker, 1871: 354.].Forel, 1907d PDF: 38 (q.).Combination in Polyrhachis: Roger, 1863b PDF: 6; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 446.Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1913c PDF: 314; Santschi, 1914b PDF: 140.Subspecies of Polyrhachis militaris: André, 1887 PDF: 288 (in key); Emery, 1893m PDF: 265 (footnote); Emery, 1896j PDF: 379 (in list).Subspecies of Polyrhachis gagates: Forel, 1913i PDF: 357 (in text).Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 6; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 446; Gerstäcker, 1871: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 268; Emery, 1898a PDF: 228; Forel, 1907d PDF: 38; Forel, 1907h PDF: 16; Forel, 1907i PDF: 92; Forel, 1911f PDF: 372; Forel, 1913b PDF: 348; Santschi, 1914b PDF: 140; Wheeler, 1922: 261, 1000; Arnold, 1924 PDF: 742; Emery, 1925d PDF: 200; Santschi, 1930b PDF: 81; Santschi, 1937d PDF: 243; Weber, 1943d PDF: 339; Bernard, 1953b PDF: 265; Prins, 1963 PDF: 108; Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 208; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 10 (in key).Senior synonym of Polyrhachis atrociliata: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis cafrorum: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea divina: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea divinoides: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea fracta: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis schistacea gagatoides: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis rugulosa: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.Material of the unavailable names Polyrhachis schistacea atrociliata benguelensis, Polyrhachis schistacea atrociliata mediopilosa, Polyrhachis schistacea fracta subplana referred here by Bolton, 1973b PDF: 318; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 39; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 5.