• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 180; Emery, 1921c: 28.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j: 800.
• Status as species: Forel, 1910e: 5; Arnold, 1916: 180; Emery, 1921c: 28; Wheeler, 1922: 800; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 222; Ward, 2022: 35 (diagnosis).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera penzigi praestigiatrix: Ward, 2022: 36.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera scotti: Ward, 2022: 35.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera zavattarii: Ward, 2022: 36.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera penzigi praestigiatrix Santschi, 1937
• Tetraponera scotti Donisthorpe, 1931
• Tetraponera zavattarii (Menozzi, 1939)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima zavattarii

Obsolete combinations

• Sima penzigi

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.
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16:1-30. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1907b. 2. Formicidae. Pp. 7-24 in: Sjöstedt, Y. 1907. 1907-1910. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 2. Band, Abt. 8. Stockholm: K. Schwed. Akad. Wissenschaften, 316 pp. 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, 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