• Combination in Sima (Sima): Emery, 1921c: 23.
• Combination in Tetraponera (Tetraponera): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78.
• Combination in Paratopula: Bolton, 1988b: 134
• Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 23; Bolton, 1988b: 134 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 312; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 7; Bharti et al., 2016: 41.

Obsolete combinations

• Sima andamanensis

Citations

• Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1903f. Les fourmis des îles Andamans et Nicobares. Rapports de cette faune avec ses voisines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 11:399-411. PDF
• Mohanraj, P.; Ali, M.; Veerakumari, K. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10 (Article 172):1-11. PDF