• Combination in Tetramorium: Arnold, 1917: 337; Bolton, 1985: 247.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium auropunctatus, Tetramorium auropunctatus bulawayensis, Tetramorium auropunctatus fusciventris, Tetramorium auropunctatus pallens, Tetramorium auropunctatus rhodesiana: Bolton, 1976: 329.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium auropunctatus (Forel, 1910)
• Tetramorium auropunctatus bulawayensis Arnold, 1917
• Tetramorium auropunctatus fusciventris (Forel, 1913)
• Tetramorium auropunctatus pallens (Forel, 1910)
• Tetramorium auropunctatus rhodesiana (Forel, 1913)

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
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• Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
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• Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 19:243-248. PDF
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• Mayr, G. 1901b. Südafrikanische Formiciden, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Brauns. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 16:1-30. PDF
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