• Santschi, 1924b: 216 (q.).
• Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Wheeler, 1922: 907.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1914b: 106; Wheeler, 1922: 907; Emery, 1924f: 287; Santschi, 1924b: 216; Santschi, 1928f: 207.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium tersum: Bolton, 1980: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 410.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium edouardi: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 23.

Obsolete combinations

• Xiphomyrmex kivuense

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
• 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
• 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
• Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1928f. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (suite). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 16:191-213. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1911b. Formicidae. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 3:375-392.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.