• Arnold, 1917: 282 (q.)
• Subspecies of Tetramorium bequaerti: Arnold, 1917: 281; Santschi, 1918b: 122 (in key); Wheeler, 1922: 894; Emery, 1924f: 280; Arnold, 1926: 243 (in key).
• Status as species: Bolton, 1980: 326 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 405; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium bequaerti bruni: Bolton, 1980: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 405; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.
• Material of the unavailable name Tetramorium bequaerti bruni mashona referred here by Bolton, 1980: 326.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium bequaerti bruni Santschi, 1917

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. 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
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. 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
• Santschi, F. 1918b. Nouveaux Tetramorium africains. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 9:121-132. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.