Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981a: 62, figs. 28, 33 (w.q.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Baudua, 27.viii.1969, rotten stump (D. Leston). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900984. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Nigeria: Gambari (= Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria), 20.vi.1969, rotten log (B. Bolton), 1 paratype worker Gabon: Plateau d’Ipassa, IPA 7 C1 (J.A. Barra), 1 paratype queen Ivory Coast: Divo, 18.iii.1963, rainforest litter (L. Brader). Secondary type depositories: BMNH. MCZC, NHMB.