Tetramorium avium Bolton, 1980: 276, figs. 58, 63, 64 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Seaview, Port Elizabeth, 2.iii.1969, hillscrub, no. M325 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 29 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 14 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 14 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Cape Prov., Grahamstown, Fern Kloof, 19.ii.1969, no. M87, rotten wood, damp kloof (W.L. Brown), 1 paratype worker Grahamstown, iv.1915 (J. Hewitt). Secondary type depositories: AMGC, BMNH, MCZC, NHMB. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0901191.