Tetramorium popell Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012a: 44, figs. 34, 57-59 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toliara, Parc Nat. d’Andohahela, Forêt d’Ambohibory, 1.7 km. 61° ENE Tsimelahy, 36.1 km. 308° NNW Tolagnaro, 24.93S, 46.6455E, 300 m., tropical dry forest, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), BLF4916, 16-20.i.2002 (B.L. Fisher, C. Griswold, et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0016867. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MHNG, NHMB.