• [Misspelled as 4-spinosum by Santschi, 1918b: 122 (in key).]
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 134; Forel, 1894b: 80; Emery, 1895i: 36; Forel, 1914d: 226; Arnold, 1917: 277; Santschi, 1918b: 122 (in key); Wheeler, 1922: 899, 1030; Emery, 1924f: 282; Arnold, 1926: 252; Bolton, 1979: 155 (redescription); Bolton, 1980: 330 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 413; Dorow, 1996a: 81.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium sericeiventre: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 34

Citations

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• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region — introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups. Zootaxa 3039:1-72. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1918b. Nouveaux Tetramorium africains. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 9:121-132. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.