Taxonomic history
[Sima ambigua susbp. Tetraponera erythraea Emery, 1893h PDF: 256. Nomen nudum.].Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c PDF: 27.Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922: 796.Raised to species: Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 242.Junior synonym of Tetraponera ambigua: Ward, 2006 PDF: 123.Status as species: Taylor & McGavin, 2020 PDF.