• Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1979: 161.
• Raised to species: Bolton, 1979: 161.

Obsolete combinations

• Xiphomyrmex spinosus hispidus

Citations

• 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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• Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF
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