Taxonomic history
Kohout, 2010 PDF: 177 (q.).Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d PDF: 194.Subspecies of Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, 1858: Emery, 1898a PDF: 230; Viehmeyer, 1916b PDF: 288; Emery, 1925d PDF: 194; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 287; Baltazar, 1966 PDF: 282; Bolton, 1995b: 353; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 49.Status as species: Kohout, 2010 PDF: 176 (redescription).