• Arnold, 1917: 356 (q.); Bolton, 1986a: 16 (m.)
• Combination in Tetramorium: Ward et al., 2015: 75.
• Status as species: Arnold, 1917: 355; Wheeler, 1922: 909; Emery, 1924f: 290; Arnold, 1926: 282; Brown, 1964a: 16 (redescription); Bolton, 1976: 303; Bolton, 1986a: 15 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 378; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 215.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium transversinode pretoriae: Brown, 1964a: 16; Bolton, 1976: 303; Bolton, 1986a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium steini: Brown, 1964a: 16; Bolton, 1976: 303; Bolton, 1986a: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium steini (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Rhoptromyrmex steini
• Tetramorium transversinode pretoriae (Arnold, 1926)
  Obsolete combination(s): Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis pretoriae

Obsolete combinations

• Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:271-402. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1986a. A taxonomic and biological review of the tetramoriine ant genus Rhoptromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 11:1-17. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1964a. Some tramp ants of Old World origin collected in tropical Brazil. Entomological News 75:14-15. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. 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
• Mayr, G. 1901b. Südafrikanische Formiciden, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Brauns. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 16:1-30. PDF
• Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.