• Wheeler & Bailey, 1920: 258 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956: 390 (l.); Hung et al., 1972: 1024 (k.).
• Combination in Tetraponera: Smith, 1877b: 69.
• Combination in Sima: Emery, 1893m: 53.
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117; Emery, 1921c: 25; Karavaiev, 1933c: 260.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1921e: 110; Wheeler, 1930k: 61; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576; Ward, 1990: 487.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 451; Motschoulsky, 1863: 20; Smith, 1871a: 328; Smith, 1877b: 69 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Emery, 1893h: 243; Emery, 1893i: 263; Emery, 1900: 674 (in key); Emery, 1901h: 113; Forel, 1903a: 709; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 113; Forel, 1908b: 3; Forel, 1909i: 226; Forel, 1909k: 395; Wheeler, 1909d: 339; Forel, 1912o: 55; Forel, 1913g: 191; Forel, 1913l: 27; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117; Wheeler & Bailey, 1920: 257; Wheeler, 1921e: 110; Emery, 1921c: 25; Wheeler, 1927b: 42; Wheeler, 1929h: 59; Menozzi, 1930h: 327; Wheeler, 1930b: 95; Wheeler, 1930k: 61; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576; Kutter, 1932: 207; Karavaiev, 1933c: 260; Mukerjee, 1934: 4; Karavaiev, 1935a: 75; Santschi, 1937h: 367; Donisthorpe, 1948d: 592; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78; Collingwood, 1962c: 225; Baltazar, 1966: 248; Collingwood, 1970b: 373; Wu & Wang, 1990: 516 (in key); Ward, 1990: 487; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1304; Radchenko, 1993a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 57; Tang et al., 1995: 46; Tiwari, 1999: 34; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 293; Zhou, 2001a: 65; Ward, 2001: 602 (redescription); Lin & Wu, 2003: 68; Xu & Chai, 2004: 65 (in key); Ghosh et al., 2005: 16; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 44; Terayama, 2009: 127; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 8; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 58; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 62; Bharti & Akbar, 2014a: 46 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 54; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 43; Rasheed et al., 2019: 435; Dias et al., 2020: 118; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 156.; Subedi et al., 2022: 95; Wang et al., 2022: 136; Bodlah et al., 2016: 1028 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera ceylonica: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Emery, 1921c: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Ward, 2001: 602; Zhou, 2001a: 65.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera compressa: Smith, 1877b: 69; Emery, 1893i: 263; Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Emery, 1901h: 113; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 113; Bingham, in Rothney, 1903: 98; Emery, 1921c: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Tiwari, 1999: 34; Ward, 2001: 602; Zhou, 2001a: 65.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera femoralis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Forel, 1903a: 709; Emery, 1921c: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Ward, 2001: 602; Zhou, 2001a: 65.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera longinoda: Ward, 2001: 602.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera minuta: Ward, 2001: 602 (as nomen oblitum).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera rufipes: Forel, 1903a: 709; Ward, 2001: 602 (as nomen oblitum).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera subtilis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 113; Emery, 1921c: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Tiwari, 1999: 34; Ward, 2001: 602; Zhou, 2001a: 65.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera allaborans sumatrensis: Ward, 2001: 602.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera allaborans sumatrensis (Emery, 1900)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima allaborans sumatrensis
• Tetraponera ceylonica (Motschoulsky, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys ceylonica
• Tetraponera compressa (Roger, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima compressa
• Tetraponera femoralis (Motschoulsky, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys femoralis
• Tetraponera longinoda (Forel, 1909)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima allaborans longinoda
• Tetraponera minuta (Jerdon, 1851)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton minutum
• Tetraponera rufipes (Jerdon, 1851)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton rufipes
• Tetraponera subtilis (Emery, 1889)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima subtilis

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma allaborans
• Sima allaborans

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