• Forel, 1915a: 23 (q.); Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117 (m.)
• Combination in Sima: Emery, 1887f: 449 (footnote).
• Combination in Sima (Sima): Emery, 1921c: 23.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1919f: 65.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1871a: 328; Smith, 1877b: 60; Dalla Torre, 1893: 54; Emery, 1900: 673 (in key); Forel, 1911g: 274; Forel, 1912o: 55; Forel, 1915a: 23; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117; Viehmeyer, 1916b: 285; Wheeler, 1919f: 65; Emery, 1921c: 23; Crawley, 1924a: 390; Santschi, 1928h: 124; Stärcke, 1930: 373; Santschi, 1932d: 13; Karavaiev, 1933c: 260; Karavaiev, 1935a: 75; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 81; Baltazar, 1966: 248; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Ward, 2001: 648 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 45; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 58; Bharti & Akbar, 2014a: 46 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 54; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 160; Wang et al., 2022: 139.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera nicobarensis: Ward, 2001: 648

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera nicobarensis (Forel, 1903)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima nicobarensis

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma pilosa

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