• Forel, 1910f: 424 (q.m.)
• Status as species: Forel, 1910f: 424; Arnold, 1917: 287; Wheeler, 1922: 193, 902; Emery, 1924f: 283; Arnold, 1926: 264; Bolton, 1980: 283 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 414; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 218.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium setigerum anteversa: Bolton, 1980: 283; Bolton, 1995b: 414.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium setigerum quaerens: Bolton, 1980: 283; Bolton, 1995b: 414.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium setigerum anteversa Santschi, 1921
• Tetramorium setigerum quaerens Forel, 1914

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. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:421-458. 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
• Mayr, G. 1901b. Südafrikanische Formiciden, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Brauns. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 16:1-30. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.