• Combination in Triglyphothrix: Wheeler, 1922: 910.
• Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247; Bolton, 1995b: 406.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 910; Emery, 1924f: 273; Arnold, 1926: 275; Bolton, 1976: 321 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 406.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium longispinosa: Bolton, 1976: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 406.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium longispinosa (Arnold, 1956)
  Obsolete combination(s): Triglyphothrix longispinosa

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:271-402. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 19:243-248. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.