• Combination in Tetraponera: Smith, 1877b: 69.
• Combination in Sima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 54.
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 25.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 471.
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera nigra: Dalla Torre, 1893: 54; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 110; Wheeler, 1919f: 64; Tiwari, 1999: 35.
• Subspecies of Tetraponera laeviceps: Emery, 1900: 674.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 24; Smith, 1865a: 73; Smith, 1871a: 328; Smith, 1873: ix; Smith, 1877b: 69; Rothney, 1889: 358; Emery, 1921c: 25; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 471; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 417.
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera nitida: Ward, 2001: 636.

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma carbonaria

Citations

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