Strumigenys pallestes Bolton, 1971: 62, figs. 2, 3 (w.q.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Eastern Region, New Tafo, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, 22.vii.1970, in mossy rot hole in trunk of cocoa tree (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900623. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.