• Bolton, 1977: 142 (w.)
• Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Emery, 1924f: 288; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 29.
• Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1977: 142.
• Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 288; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 29; Bolton, 1977: 142 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 91; Taylor, 1987a: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 416; Heterick, 2009: 178.
• Senior synonym of Tetramorium viehmeyeri venustus: Bolton, 1977: 142; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 91; Taylor, 1987a: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 416.

Junior synonyms

• Tetramorium viehmeyeri venustus (Wheeler, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex viehmeyeri venustus

Obsolete combinations

• Xiphomyrmex viehmeyeri

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
• 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. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W.; Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) 1907. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Viehmeyer, H. 1925a. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Fortsetzung.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 14:25-39. PDF