9 subspecies

bicolor. Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, F. 1858b: 65 (q.) MYANMAR. Mayr, 1862: 681 (w.). Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 167. Senior synonym of concolor: Kohout, 1998: 515. See also: Kohout, 2010: 173. Current subspecies: nominal plus atrocastanea, aurata, aurinasis, brachyacantha, comata, erecta, exflavicornis, fumata, weyeri.