Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980: 242 (w.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Legon, 24.ix.1970, ant ecology sample L39 (D. Leston). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901176. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 39 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 6 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Ghana: Legon A.D., 15.vii.1970 (D. Leston), 30 paratype workers Ivory Coast: Palmeraie de Lame, no. 13, 21.i.1976 (T. Diomande). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.