Taxonomic history
Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b PDF: 143.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis antinorii: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 271.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis cubaensis imatongica: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 330.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis viscosa spretula: Bolton, 1973b PDF: 330.See also: Arnold, 1924 PDF: 749; Rigato, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF: 42.The thoraces of five workers taken from the stomach of a toad (Bufo tuberosus) captured at Ngayu (Lang and Chapin) seem to belong to this species.
Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 71 (1858), [[worker]]. - Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., Formic, vol. 7, p. 271 (1893), [[queen]].
Afrique orientale anglaise: Voi, dans le pays Taita (alt. (600 m., st. n° 60, mars 1912), 4 [[queen]]; - Bura (alt. 1.050 m., st. n° 61, mars 1912), 1 [[worker]].
Toute l'Afrique orientale et le Soudan.
[[ worker ]]. Fundnotiz: Insel Mafia (Deutsch-Ostafrika).