Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954d PDF: 451 (l.).Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Emery, 1924f PDF: 288.Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1977 PDF: 145.Status as species: Emery, 1924f PDF: 288; Viehmeyer, 1925a PDF: 29; Bolton, 1977 PDF: 145 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 91; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 416.