• Wheeler, 1919f: 144 (q.)
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 118; Emery, 1921c: 26.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1919f: 65
• Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 710; Forel, 1911f: 383; Wheeler, 1919f: 65; Emery, 1921c: 26; Santschi, 1928h: 124; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Ward, 2001: 628 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 45; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 58; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 158; Wang et al., 2022: 137.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera dilatata: Ward, 2001: 628.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera nitens: Ward, 2001: 628.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera stipitum: Ward, 2001: 628.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera dilatata (Karavaiev, 1933)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima dilatata
• Tetraponera nitens (Stitz, 1925)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima nitens
• Tetraponera stipitum (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima stipitum

Obsolete combinations

• Sima difficilis

Citations

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