• Combination in Pseudomyrma: Smith, 1858a: 159
• Combination in Sima: Emery, 1887f: 449
• Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78.
• Status as species: Smith, 1857a: 70; Smith, 1858a: 159; Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 451; Motschoulsky, 1863: 20; Smith, 1871a: 328; Smith, 1873: ix; Smith, 1877b: 68; Emery, 1889: 499.
• Subspecies of Tetraponera attenuata: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera nigra: Dalla Torre, 1893: 54; Emery, 1895m: 464; Bingham, 1903: 110; Forel, 1903a: 709; Wheeler, 1911g: 173; Emery, 1921c: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Tiwari, 1999: 35; Ward, 2001: 634.

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