Taxonomic history
Combination in Sima: Emery, 1887f PDF: 449; Emery, 1893m PDF: 55.Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c PDF: 26.Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 81.Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 55; Emery, 1900: 673 (footnote); Forel, 1913h PDF: 188; Forel, 1915b PDF: 37; Emery, 1921c PDF: 26; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 81; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 18; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Ward, 2001 PDF: 641 (redescription); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 125.Senior synonym of Tetraponera punctulata kimberleyensis: Ward, 2001 PDF: 641.