• Tetraponera in Formicidae, Poneridae: Smith, 1857a: 70.
• Tetraponera in Myrmicidae: Smith, 1877b: 68.
• Tetraponera in Myrmicinae, Pseudomyrmini: Forel, 1917: 240; Emery, 1921c: 24.
• Tetraponera in Pseudomyrminae: Wheeler, 1922: 654; subsequent authors.
• Tetraponera in Pseudomyrmecinae: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Bolton, 2003: 31, 136.
• Tetraponera as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma: Smith, 1858a: 153; Mayr, 1863a: 451; Roger, 1863b: 24; Forel, 1899f: 86.
• Tetraponera as senior synonym of Sima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Bingham, 1903: 107; Emery, 1917a: 95; Emery, 1921c: 21.
• [Note: Dalla Torre, 1893, Bingham, 1903, Emery, 1917a and Emery, 1921c give Sima as senior synonym, but Tetraponera has priority.]
• Tetraponera as subgenus of Sima: Emery, 1900: 673; Emery, 1915b: 266; Arnold, 1916: 180; Forel, 1917: 240; Emery, 1921c: 24; Santschi, 1935b: 266.
• Tetraponera as genus: Smith, 1857a: 70; Smith, 1877b: 68; Donisthorpe, 1916d: 244; Wheeler, 1922: 654; Bolton, 1973a: 358; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Ward, 1990: 470; Bolton, 1994: 184; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Dlussky, 1997a: 61; Bolton, 2003: 31, 136.
• Tetraponera as senior synonym of Pachysima: Ward, 1990: 470; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Tang et al., 1995: 46; Bolton, 2003: 136.
• Tetraponera as senior synonym of Parasima: Ward, 1990: 470; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Tang et al., 1995: 46; Bolton, 2003: 136.
• Tetraponera as senior synonym of Sima: Smith, 1877b: 68; Donisthorpe, 1916d: 244; Wheeler, 1920: 47; Wheeler, 1922: 105 (in text); Donisthorpe, 1943h: 726; Bolton, 1973a: 358; Ward, 1990: 470; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Tang et al., 1995: 46; Bolton, 2003: 136.
• Tetraponera as senior synonym of Viticicola: Ward, 1990: 470; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Tang et al., 1995: 46; Bolton, 2003: 136.

Junior synonyms

• Pachysima Emery, 1912
  Obsolete classification(s): Sima (Pachysima)
• Parasima Donisthorpe, 1948
• Sima Roger, 1863
  Obsolete classification(s): Sima (Sima)
• Viticicola Wheeler, 1919

Obsolete classifications

• Sima (Tetraponera)
• Tetraponera (Tetraponera)

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