Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Sima (Sima) mocquerysi st. emacerata Santschi, 1911c PDF: 352, fig. 1 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Holotype (by monotypy): 1w, Nakuro, Rift Valley (leg. C. Alluaud); CASENT0913720; MNHN AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Santschi, 1914b PDF: 70 (q.).Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922b PDF: 107.Subspecies of Tetraponera mocquerysi: Wheeler, 1922: 798; Santschi, 1933b PDF: 100.Raised to species: Santschi, 1920b PDF: 9; Santschi, 1928d PDF: 57; Bernard, 1953b PDF: 221.