Tetraponera protensa Xu & Chai, 2004: 71, figs. 48-52 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, Jinghong County, Dadugang Town, Guanping Village, 1120 m., 5.iii.1998, no. A98-129 (T. Liu). Primary type depository: SFCY. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: SFCY.