• [Redescribed in Latin: Mayr, 1880: 19.]
• Ruzsky, 1905b: 540 (q.); Tarbinsky, 1976: 114 (m.)
• Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Mayr, 1880: 35; André, 1883a: 287; Emery, 1893m: 131, 133 (footnote); Ruzsky, 1903b: 309; Forel, 1904c: 371; Ruzsky, 1905b: 539; Emery, 1909f: 705; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b: 253; Emery, 1924f: 277.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1927b: 57; Dlussky, 1962: 179; Pisarski, 1967a: 402; Pisarski, 1969b: 304; Pisarski, 1970a: 319; Tarbinsky, 1976: 114 (redescription); Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Dlussky et al., 1990: 203; Radchenko, 1992a: 47 (in key); Radchenko, 1992b: 53; Arakelian, 1994: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 409; Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002: 9; Schultz et al., 2006: 206; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 5; Paknia et al., 2008: 152; Borowiec et al., 2009: 379; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 56; Borowiec, 2014: 199.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium caespitum picta: Radchenko, 1992b: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 409.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium caespitum plana: Radchenko, 1992b: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 409.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium caespitum reticuliventre: Radchenko, 1992b: 53; Arakelian, 1994: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 409.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium caespitum picta Karavaiev, 1912
• Tetramorium caespitum plana Karavaiev, 1927
• Tetramorium caespitum reticuliventre Ruzsky, 1902

Obsolete combinations

• Tetramorium caespitum inerme

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