• Imai et al., 1984: 8 (k.)
• Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1995b: 416.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 136; Emery, 1893g: 214 (in key); Emery, 1893h: 248; Forel, 1903a: 704; Bingham, 1903: 172; Emery, 1924f: 274; Wheeler, 1928c: 26; Wheeler, 1930k: 70; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 179; Bolton, 1976: 358 (redescription); Wang et al., 1988: 266; Bolton, 1995b: 416; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 80; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 298; Zhou, 2001a: 101; Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 220; Ghosh et al., 2005: 34; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 44; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 76; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 29 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 57; Bharti et al., 2016: 47; Agavekar et al., 2017: 10; Dias et al., 2020: 97; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 135; Wang et al., 2022: 112.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium musculus: Bolton, 1976: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 416; Zhou, 2001a: 101.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium walshi spuria: Bolton, 1976: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 416; Zhou, 2001a: 101.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium musculus (Forel, 1902)
  Obsolete combination(s): Triglyphothrix musculus
• Tetramorium walshi spuria (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Triglyphothrix walshi spuria

Obsolete combinations

• Triglyphothrix walshi

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