• Status as species: Bolton, 1980: 248 (redescription); Marsh, 1986b: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 409; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 29.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium aspinatum: Bolton, 1980: 248; Bolton, 1995b: 409; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 29.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium aspinatum Prins, 1973

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40:193-384. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Marsh, A. C. 1986b. Checklist, biological notes and distribution of ants in the central Namib Desert. Madoqua 14:333-344. PDF
• Mbanyana, N.; Hita Garcia, F.; Robertson, H. G.; Le Roux, J. J. 2018. A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 454:1-59. 10.5852/ejt.2018.454 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 77:47-66. PDF