• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854a: 53.]
• Smith, 1875: 35 (q.)
• Combination in Pseudomyrma: Smith, 1858a: 159.
• Combination in Sima: Roger, 1863b: 25.
• Combination in Sima (Sima): Emery, 1921c: 23.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Smith, 1877b: 68; Wheeler, 1922: 1015; Ward, 1990: 489.
• Junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex gracilis bicolor: Rothney, 1889: 352 (error).
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 159; Roger, 1863b: 25, 48; Mayr, 1863a: 453; Smith, 1865a: 73; Mayr, 1865: 111; Mayr, 1867a: 114 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 328; Smith, 1873: ix; Smith, 1875: 35; Smith, 1877b: 68; Forel, 1885b: 178; Forel, 1886d: 247; Rothney, 1889: 352; Emery, 1889: 499; Dalla Torre, 1893: 55; Emery, 1895m: 464; Mayr, 1897: 427; Emery, 1900: 673 (in key); Emery, 1901h: 113; Forel, 1903a: 709; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 108; Forel, 1903f: 402; Forel, 1909i: 226; Forel, 1912e: 105; Forel, 1912l: 164; Forel, 1913l: 27; Wheeler, 1913f: 234; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 116; Santschi, 1920h: 160; Emery, 1921c: 23; Wheeler, 1922: 1015; Wheeler, 1923c: 1; Wheeler, 1924c: 243; Santschi, 1924c: 98; Wheeler, 1927b: 42; Santschi, 1928h: 124; Mukerjee, 1930: 151; Wheeler, 1930k: 62; Mukerjee, 1934: 3; Karavaiev, 1935a: 75; Wheeler, 1937a: 22; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 454; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 201; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 81; Collingwood, 1970b: 373; Wu & Wang, 1990: 516 (in key); Radchenko, 1993a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 55; Dorow, 1996a: 77; Tiwari, 1999: 35; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 294; Ward, 2001: 649 (redescription); Xu & Chai, 2004: 64 (in key); Ghosh et al., 2005: 17; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 46; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 63; Bharti & Akbar, 2014a: 46 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 54; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 44; Rasheed et al., 2019: 435; Dias et al., 2020: 119; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 160; Wang et al., 2022: 140; Bodlah et al., 2017: 57 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera rufonigra ceylonensis: Ward, 2001: 649.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera rufonigra testaceonigra: Ward, 2001: 649.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera rufonigra yeensis: Ward, 2001: 649.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera rufonigra ceylonensis (Forel, 1909)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima rufonigra ceylonensis
• Tetraponera rufonigra testaceonigra (Forel, 1903)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima rufonigra testaceonigra
• Tetraponera rufonigra yeensis (Forel, 1902)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima rufonigra yeensis

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton rufonigrum
• Pseudomyrma rufonigra
• Sima rufonigra

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