• Cole, 1957c: 209 (m.); Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988: 95 (k.)
• Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1979: 163
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium spinosum insons: Bolton, 1979: 163.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium wheeleri: Bolton, 1979: 163.
• See also: Smith, 1938a: 127

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium spinosum insons (Wheeler, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex spinosus insons
• Tetramorium wheeleri Forel, 1901

Obsolete combinations

• Xiphomyrmex spinosus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 38:129-181. PDF
• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1957c. Descriptions of sexual castes of some ants in the genera Myrmica, Manica and Xiphomyrmex from the western United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 32:208-213. PDF
• Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2)5:858-896. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1938a. A study of the North American ants of the genus Xiphomyrmex Forel. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28:126-130. PDF
• Taber, S. W.; Cokendolpher, J. C. 1988. Karyotypes of a dozen ant species from the southwestern U.S.A. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caryologia 41:93-102. PDF