Tetraponera brevis Ward, 2001: 610, figs. 12, 23, 48 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Negeri Sembilan, xi.1994 (M. Brendell, K. Jackson & S. Lewis). Primary type depository: BMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: ANIC.