• Forel, 1891c: 151 (m., misidentified as Tetramorium guineense); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954d: 449 (l., misidentified as Tetramorium guineense); Wheeler, 1924d: 136 (gynandromorph, misidentified as Tetramorium guineense).
• Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1862: 740; Bolton, 1977: 94.
• Junior synonym of Formica guineensis Fabricius, 1793: 357 (now in Pheidole): Mayr, 1862: 740.
• Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of Tetramorium cariniceps (and its junior synonym Tetramorium kollari), Tetramorium modesta (Smith, 1860), Tetramorium reticulata: Bolton, 1977: 94.
• [Note. The names Tetramorium cariniceps, Tetramorium kollari and Tetramorium reticulata had previously been incorrectly synonymised with Tetramorium guineensis Fabricius, 1793 by Roger, 1862c: 293; Tetramorium modesta (Smith, 1860) was wrongly synonymised with Tetramorium guineensis by Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463.].
• See also: Bolton, 1979: 164; Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 18.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium cariniceps (Guérin-Méneville, 1852)
• Tetramorium kollari (Mayr, 1853)
• Tetramorium modesta (Smith, 1860)
• Tetramorium reticulata (Smith, 1862)

Citations

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• Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 38:129-181. PDF
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• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
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