Taxonomic history
Hung, 1970 PDF: 7 (m.); Kohout, 1988b PDF: 418 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1990b PDF: 762 (l).Subspecies of Polyrhachis bihamata: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 678.Revived status as species: Mayr, 1867a PDF: 50.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis bellicosa crudelis: Hung, 1970 PDF: 5.See also: Kohout, 2012a PDF: 55; Kohout, 2014 PDF: 6.