Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 9.ii.1971, litter sample (
B. Bolton). Primary type depository:
BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
MCZC.
Type notes:
Described in error by
Bolton, 1980 as
Tetramorium simillimum isipingense dumezi Forel, 1916 was wrongly assumed to be unavailable.