• Santschi, 1919a: 344 (q.).
• Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Santschi, 1919a: 344.
• Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1980: 225.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1919a: 344; Wheeler, 1922: 906; Emery, 1924f: 287; Bolton, 1980: 225 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 407; Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 23 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium kivuense atrinodis: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 23.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium kivuense: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 23.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium tersum: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 23.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium kivuense Stitz, 1911
  Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex kivuense
• Tetramorium kivuense atrinodis (Santschi, 1928)
  Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex kivuense atrinodis
• Tetramorium tersum Santschi, 1911

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40:193-384. 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
• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010b. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704:1-90. 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
• Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 52:325-350. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.