• Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1855: 425.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1855: 425 (redescription); Smith, 1858a: 117; Smith, 1871c: 3; White, 1884: 262.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium cariniceps: Roger, 1861b: 171
• Junior synonym of Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793: Mayr, 1862: 740; Roger, 1862c: 293; 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.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium bicarinatum: Nylander, 1856b: 87; Bolton, 1977: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 405; Zhou, 2001a: 106; Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 18.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica kollari

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