• Subspecies of Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793: Forel, 1913a: 117; Wheeler, 1922: 897; Santschi, 1924b: 212; Emery, 1924f: 279; Santschi, 1937d: 233.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1980: 268 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 406; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium guineense medje: Bolton, 1980: 268; Bolton, 1995b: 406.
• Material of the unavailable name Tetramorium guineense cristatum ebangense referred here by Bolton, 1980: 268; Bolton, 1995b: 406.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium guineense medje Wheeler, 1922

Obsolete combinations

• Tetramorium guineense cristatum

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40:193-384. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1937d. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 44:211-250. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.