• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 28.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922k: 1016.
• Subspecies of Tetraponera grandidieri: Emery, 1893m: 54 (footnote).
• Subspecies of Tetraponera sahlbergii: Emery, 1921c: 28; Wheeler, 1922k: 1016
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 54; Ward, 1991: 338, 346; Bolton, 1995b: 418; Ward, 2022: 41 (diagnosis).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera arrogans: Ward, 2022: 41.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera demens: Ward, 2022: 41.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera hysterica dimidiata: Ward, 2022: 41.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera arrogans (Santschi, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima arrogans
• Tetraponera demens (Santschi, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima demens
• Tetraponera hysterica dimidiata (Forel, 1895)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima hysterica dimidiata

Obsolete combinations

• Sima sahlbergii morondaviensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis of pseudomyrmecine ants associated with domatia-bearing plants. Pp. 335-352 in: Huxley, C. R.; Cutler, D. F. (eds.) 1991. Ant-plant interactions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xviii + 601 pp. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2022. The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70. 10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45:1005-1055. PDF