Taxonomic history
Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Viehmeyer, 1925a PDF: 28.Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1977 PDF: 141.Subspecies of Tetramorium viehmeyeri: Emery, 1924f PDF: 288.Status as species: Viehmeyer, 1925a PDF: 28; Bolton, 1977 PDF: 141 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 91; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 415; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 178.