• Forel, 1909i: 226 (q.).
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 119; Emery, 1921c: 27.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82.
• Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 710; Forel, 1909i: 226; Forel, 1915a: 23; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 119; Emery, 1921c: 27; Wheeler, 1924c: 243; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82; Bolton, 1995b: 419.
• Junior synonym of Tetraponera nitida: Ward, 2001: 636.

Obsolete combinations

• Sima siggi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:165-249. PDF
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• Forel, A. 1909i. Ameisen aus Java und Krakatau beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. Notes from the Leyden Museum 31:221-232. PDF
• Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 58:22-43. PDF
• Viehmeyer, H. 1916a ("1915"). Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1924c. Ants of Krakatau and other islands in the Sunda Strait. Treubia 5:239-258. PDF