• Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82.
• Subspecies of Tetraponera rufonigra: Emery, 1921c: 24; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 8 (error).
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera rufonigra: Ward, 2001: 649.

Obsolete combinations

• Sima rufonigra testaceonigra

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1903f. Les fourmis des îles Andamans et Nicobares. Rapports de cette faune avec ses voisines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 11:399-411. PDF
• Mohanraj, P.; Ali, M.; Veerakumari, K. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10 (Article 172):1-11. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665. PDF