Loboponera politula Bolton & Brown, 2002: 5, figs. 2, 5 (w.) NIGERIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Ibadan, IITA no. 62, 16.vii.1974 (B.R. Critchley). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102323. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker Ghana: Mampong, 10.viii.1970 (P.M. Room), 1 paratype worker Ivory Coast: Abidjan, Banco Nat. Park, 18.iii.1977, primary forest litter (I. Löbl); 1 paratype worker Nigeria: nr Ibadan, 26.vii.1981, secondary forest, no. 10 (A. Russell-Smith). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.