• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854a: 53.]
• Combination in Pseudomyrma: Smith, 1858a: 159.
• Combination in Sima: Emery, 1893m: 55.
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 26.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 81.
• Unidentifiable taxon: Bingham, 1903: 116.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 159; Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1871a: 328; Smith, 1877b: 60; Dalla Torre, 1893: 55; Emery, 1921c: 26; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Tiwari, 1999: 36.
• Nomen oblitum: Ward, 2001: 602.
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera allaborans: Forel, 1903a: 709; Ward, 2001: 602.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton rufipes

Citations

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• Smith, F. 1877b. Descriptions of new species of the genera Pseudomyrma and Tetraponera, belonging to the family Myrmicidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877:57-72. PDF
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