Cerapachys variolosus Arnold, 1949: 261, fig. 1 (w.eq.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 20 syntype workers, 3 syntype ergatoid queens. Primary type locality: Zimbabwe (“Southern Rhodesia”): Hunyani, i. (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902715.