• [Also described as new by Schenck, 1853b: 186.]
• [Misspelled as atradulus by Gösswald, 1932: 83.]
• Wheeler, 1909g: 182 (l.)
• Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1855: 429.
• Combination in Tomognathus: Mayr, 1863a: 457.
• Combination in Anergates: Forel, 1874: 68.
• Combination in Tetramorium: Ward et al., 2015: 76.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium caespitum: Mayr, 1861: 61 (in key); Mayr, 1865: 89; Dours, 1873: 168; André, 1874c: 203 (in list); Dalla Torre, 1893: 132.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1855: 429 (redescription); Smith, 1858a: 117; Mayr, 1863a: 457; Forel, 1874: 93 (redescription); Emery & Forel, 1879: 457; André, 1882d: 278 (in key); Lameere, 1892: 67; Dalla Torre, 1893: 64; Wasmann, 1894: 165; Wheeler, 1901e: 717; Ruzsky, 1905b: 559; Wasmann, 1906: 120; Emery, 1908g: 550; Bondroit, 1910: 500; Stitz, 1914: 66; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 89; Forel, 1915d: 17 (in key); Emery, 1916a: 167; Escherich, 1917: 324; Bondroit, 1918: 146; Emery, 1922c: 206; Soudek, 1922b: 26; Stärcke, 1926a: 81 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1927c: 96; Karavaiev, 1927d: 264 (in key); Lomnicki, 1928: 4; Soudek, 1931: 8; Gösswald, 1932: 83; Arnol'di, 1933a: 598 (in key); Karavaiev, 1934: 125 (redescription); Grandi, 1935: 100; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 83 (in key); Van Boven, 1947b: 170 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 243; Bernard, 1950a: 16; Smith, 1951c: 815; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c: 128; Smith, 1958c: 130; Ettershank, 1966: 155 (redescription); Bernard, 1967a: 242 (redescription); Smith, 1967a: 358; Kutter, 1968b: 59; Kutter, 1968c: 204; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 73; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 93; Collingwood, 1971: 159; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 8 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 18; Bolton, 1976: 292 (redescription); Van Boven, 1977: 81; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 540 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1401; Collingwood, 1979: 80; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 266 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 161; Arakelian, 1994: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Douwes, 1995: 91; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Espadaler, 1997g: 29; Gallé et al., 1998: 215; Sanetra et al., 1999: 344; Czechowski et al., 2002: 69; Schulz & Sanetra, 2002: 166; Coovert, 2005: 85; Tinaut et al., 2005: 475; Markó et al., 2006: 69; Petrov, 2006: 86 (in key); Seifert, 2007: 250; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 141; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007: 232; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 486; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 27; Boer, 2010: 65; Csősz et al., 2011: 57; Legakis, 2011: 20; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 462; Czechowski et al., 2012: 184; Ellison et al., 2012: 222; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 16; Borowiec, 2014: 8; Lebas et al., 2016: 394; Radchenko, 2016: 255; Steiner et al., 2017: 6; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 42; Seifert, 2018: 234; Werner et al., 2018: 7.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium friedlandi: Creighton, 1950a: 243; Smith, 1958c: 130; Bolton, 1976: 297; Smith, 1979: 1401; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Radchenko, 2016: 255.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium friedlandi (Creighton, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Anergates friedlandi

Obsolete combinations

• Anergates atratulus
• Myrmica atratula

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