Tetramorium kakamega Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 50, figs. 8A, 58-60 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Kakamega Forest, Isecheno Forest Reserve, 00°24’N, 34°86’E, 1800 m., 28.iv.2001, equatorial rainforest, under bark of rotten wood (R.R. Snelling). Primary type depository: ZFMK. Primary type specimen: ZFMKHYM20096098. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, LACM, NMKN, ZFMK. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0217321.