• Combination in Terataner: Emery, 1912b: 103
• Combination in Terataner (Tranetera): Arnold, 1952b: 130.
• Status as species: Emery, 1912b: 103; Santschi, 1914b: 72; Wheeler, 1922: 885; Emery, 1924f: 242; Menozzi, 1930b: 109; Bolton, 1981b: 291 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 403; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.

Obsolete combinations

• Atopomyrmex bottegoi

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1952b. The genus Terataner Emery (Formicidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 15:129-131. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 43:245-307. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1896i ("1897"). Formiche raccolte dal Cap. V. Bottego nella regione dei Somali. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 37[=(2)17]:153-160. PDF
• Emery, C. 1912b. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56:94-105. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1930b. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 9:76-130. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.