• Junior synonym of Tetramorium occidentale: Bolton, 1980: 229.
• Revived from synonymy: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 43.
• Raised to species: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 43.

Obsolete combinations

• Xiphomyrmex occidentalis akengensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40:193-384. PDF
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• Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010b. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704:1-90. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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