Loboponera vigilans Bolton & Brown, 2002: 7, fig. 7 (w.q.) IVORY COAST, NIGERIA, CAMEROON. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ivory Coast: Abidjan, Banco Nat. Forest, 17.vi.1958, rain forest (E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Primary type depository: CASC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 18 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Ivory Coast: Abidjan, Banco Nat. Park, 14.iii.1977, dead wood sample (I. Löbl), 4 paratype workers Ivory Coast: Tai Forest, 17.x.1980 (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret), 1 paratype worker Ivory Coast: Agboville, Yapo Forest, nr Yapo-Gare, 21-22.iii.1977, forest litter (I. Löbl), 6 paratype workers Nigeria: Gambari (= Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria), 16.vii.1969, rotten log (B. Bolton); 1 paratype worker Nigeria: nr Ibadan, IITA, 18.v.1981, secondary forest, no. 7 (A. Russell-Smith), 1 paratype worker Cameroon: Nkoemvon, 24.iv.1980 (D.A. Jackson). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, SAMC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0102329.