• Emery, 1895i: 24 (w.); Emery, 1899f: 6 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956: 390 (l.)
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 182; Emery, 1921c: 27.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j: 797.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Emery, 1895i: 24; Arnold, 1916: 182; Emery, 1921c: 27; Wheeler, 1922: 797; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Ward, 2022: 26 (diagnosis).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera braunsi: Ward, 2022: 26.
• Material of the unavailable name Tetraponera clypeata braunsi equidentata referred here by Ward, 2022: 26.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera braunsi (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima braunsi, Sima clypeata braunsi, Tetraponera clypeata braunsi

Obsolete combinations

• Sima clypeata

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1886b. Alcune formiche africane. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 18:355-366. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56. PDF
• Emery, C. 1899f. Intorno alle larve di alcune formiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)3:93.
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2022. The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70. 10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1 PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. The ant larvae of the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49:374-398. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45:711-1004. PDF