Extant: 3 valid subspecies
Polyrhachis (Myrma) orsyllus Smith, 1861b PDF: 39, pl. 1, figs. 6, 7 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya. AntCat AntWikiTaxonomic history
Viehmeyer, 1916a PDF: 166 (q.).Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Viehmeyer, 1916a PDF: 166.Junior synonym of Polyrhachis vindex: Wheeler, 1924c PDF: 254; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 41.Status as species: Karavaiev, 1927f PDF: 48; Kohout, 2008a PDF: 264.