Taxonomic history
Donisthorpe, 1938c: 266 (q.).Combination in Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma): Emery, 1925d PDF: 208.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1902j PDF: 527 (in text); Santschi, 1910h PDF: 284 (in key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 208; Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 78; Santschi, 1932d: 19; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 266.Subspecies of Polyrhachis levior: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 264; Emery, 1896j PDF: 380 (in list).Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1938c: 265 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 347; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 166; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 22; Kohout, 2000 PDF: 195; Xu, 2002b: 523 (in key); Kohout, 2006d PDF: 124; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 36.
