• Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1862: 740.
• Junior synonym of Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793: Roger, 1862c: 293; Mayr, 1862: 740; Roger, 1863b: 27; Mayr, 1863a: 456; Mayr, 1865: 89; Mayr, 1872: 152; Emery & Forel, 1879: 467; Forel, 1891c: 151; Dalla Torre, 1893: 133; Wheeler, 1908a: 143; Wheeler, 1919d: 274; Wheeler, 1922: 896; Emery, 1924f: 278; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 391; Kempf, 1972b: 249.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium bicarinatum: Bolton, 1977: 94; Brandão, 1991: 381; Bolton, 1995b: 413; Zhou, 2001a: 106; Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 18.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica reticulata

Citations

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