Hypoponera tecta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 106, figs. 121-123 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Western Prov., Mwanza, Western Kenya Sugar, Transect 27, 1650 m., 11.ix.2007, 00°22’45’’N, 34°49’40.8’’E (F. Hita Garcia). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0226551.