• [Misspelled as attenuate by Bharti et al., 2016: 54.]
• Wheeler, 1919f: 144 (q.m.)
• Combination in Sima: André, 1892c: 53.
• Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 118; Emery, 1921c: 25.
• Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1919f: 65.
• Status as species: André, 1892c: 53; Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Emery, 1895m: 464; Emery, 1900: 674 (in key); Forel, 1901m: 54; Bingham, 1903: 112; Forel, 1912o: 54; Forel, 1913l: 27; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 118; Wheeler, 1919f: 65; Emery, 1921c: 25; Crawley, 1924a: 390; Santschi, 1928h: 124; Karavaiev, 1933c: 263 (redescription); Karavaiev, 1935a: 75; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78; Baltazar, 1966: 248; Radchenko, 1993a: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Zhou, 2001a: 66; Ward, 2001: 622 (redescription); Imai et al., 2003: 209; Lin & Wu, 2003: 68; Xu & Chai, 2004: 64 (in key); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 44; Terayama, 2009: 127; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 58; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 63; Bharti & Akbar, 2014a: 47 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 54; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 43; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 156; Wang et al., 2022: 137.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera birmana: Ward, 2001: 622; Imai et al., 2003: 209.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera attenuata tenuissima: Forel, 1912o: 55; Emery, 1921c: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 417; Ward, 2001: 622; Imai et al., 2003: 209.
• Senior synonym of Tetraponera thagatensis: Ward, 2001: 622; Imai et al., 2003: 209; Lin & Wu, 2003: 68; Xu & Chai, 2004: 67; Terayama, 2009: 128.

Junior synonyms

• Tetraponera attenuata tenuissima (Emery, 1900)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima attenuata tenuissima
• Tetraponera birmana (Forel, 1902)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima birmana
• Tetraponera thagatensis (Forel, 1902)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sima attenuata thagatensis

Obsolete combinations

• Sima attenuata

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