• Senior synonym of Tetramorium obscurius: Bolton, 1977: 107.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium ornatum obscurius Forel, 1901

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 36:67-151. PDF
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• Emery, C. 1897c. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:571-599. PDF
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