Taxonomic history
Emery, 1887a PDF: 222 (q.); Karavaiev, 1927f PDF: 13 (m.).Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax): Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 127.[Misspelled as Polyrhachis javana by Emery, 1887a PDF: 222; Forel, 1893e PDF: 19 (in key).].Subspecies of Polyrhachis thrinax: Emery, 1896j PDF: 378; Wheeler, 1909d PDF: 343.Raised to species: Kohout, 1998: 510.
