• Lectotype designation: Csősz et al., 2014: 477.
• [Misspelled as indocilae by Pisarski, 1967a: 402.]
• Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Pisarski, 1967a: 402.
• Junior synonym of Tetramorium caespitum: Radchenko, 1992b: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 409; Chang & He, 2001b: 2; Zhou, 2001a: 104.
• Status as species: Pisarski, 1969b: 304; Csősz et al., 2014: 477 (redescription); Radchenko, 2016: 382; Wagner et al., 2017: 116 (redescription); Wagner et al., 2018: 4 (in list); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 51; Seifert, 2018: 230; Bračko, 2019: 173; Salata & Borowiec, 2019c: 6.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium semilaeve kutteri: Wagner et al., 2017: 116.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium semilaeve kutteri Santschi, 1927

Obsolete combinations

• Tetramorium caespitum indocile

Citations

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