• Status as species: Bolton, 1980: 273 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 413; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 218.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium fernandensis: Bolton, 1980: 273; Bolton, 1995b: 413.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium uelense Santschi, 1935a: Bolton, 1980: 273; Bolton, 1995b: 413.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium fernandensis Menozzi, 1942
• Tetramorium uelense (Santschi, 1935)
  Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex uelensis

Obsolete combinations

• Tetramorium guineense pullulum

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.
• 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. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF