• Emery, 1895i: 22 (w.); Emery, 1899f: 6 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973d: 208 (l.)
• Combination in Sima: Emery, 1892g: 237.
• Combination in Sima (Sima): Arnold, 1916: 176; Emery, 1921c: 24.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Smith, 1877b: 69; Wheeler, 1922: 798.
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera capensis: Gerstäcker, 1871: 355; Dalla Torre, 1893: 53.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1877b: 69; Emery, 1895i: 22; Forel, 1903h: 564; Forel, 1907d: 26; Forel, 1911f: 367; Santschi, 1914e: 14; Arnold, 1916: 176; Emery, 1921c: 24; Wheeler, 1922: 798; Santschi, 1928d: 56; Menozzi, 1930b: 81; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 61; Prins, 1963: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 418; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 222; Ward, 2022: 54 (diagnosis).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera angusta: Ward, 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera capensis: Ward, 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera natalensis cuitensis: Ward, 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera mocquerysi lutea: Ward, 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera natalensis obscurata: Ward, 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera prelli: Ward, 2022: 54.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis: Ward, 2022: 54.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera angusta (Arnold, 1949)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima angusta
• Tetraponera capensis (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma capensis
• Tetraponera mocquerysi lutea (Stitz, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima mocquerysi lutea
• Tetraponera natalensis cuitensis (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima natalensis cuitensis
• Tetraponera natalensis obscurata (Emery, 1895)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima natalensis obscurata
• Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima natalensis usambarensis
• Tetraponera prelli (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima prelli

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma natalensis
• Sima natalensis

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