• Meinert, 1861: 331 (gynandromorph); André, 1883a: 289 (q.m.); Imai et al., 1984: 8 (k.)
• Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1861: 61
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium pygmaeum: Forel, 1916: 421.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium auropunctatus brevispinosa: Borgmeier, 1937b: 241.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum insulare: Yarrow, 1967: 28.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum denticulatum: Bolton, 1977: 131.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum opacior: Bolton, 1977: 131.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium parallela: Bolton, 1977: 131.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium pusillum bantouana, Tetramorium pusillum exoleta and material of the unavailable name Tetramorium breve referred here: Bolton, 1980: 320.
• See also: Emery, 1909f: 696

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium auropunctatus brevispinosa (Borgmeier, 1928)
  Obsolete combination(s): Wasmannia auropunctata brevispinosa
• Tetramorium parallela (Smith, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica parallela
• Tetramorium pusillum bantouana Santschi, 1910
• Tetramorium pusillum exoleta Santschi, 1914
• Tetramorium pygmaeum Emery, 1877
• Tetramorium simillimum denticulatum Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium simillimum insulare Santschi, 1928
• Tetramorium simillimum opacior Forel, 1913

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica simillima

Citations

• André, Ern. 1883a. Les fourmis. [part]. Pp. 281-344 in: André, Edm. 1883. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp.
• 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
• 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
• Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
• Emery, C. 1909f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil IX. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:695-712. PDF
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460. PDF
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• Smith, F. 1851. List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Hymenoptera, Aculeata. London: British Museum, 134 pp. PDF
• Yarrow, I. H. H. 1967. On the Formicidae of the Azores. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 21:24-32. PDF