Tetraponera merita Ward, 2009a: 300, figs. 1, 17, 18, 26 (w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toamasina, 1 km. SSW Andasibe (= Périnet), 920 m., 18°56’S, 48°25’E, 16.xi.1990, #10943 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0012863. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 16.xi.1990 and 12.xii.1990, #10939, 10943, 10944-3. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, PSWC, SAMC, UCDC.