Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton, 1981a: 64 (w.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 29.x.1970, in leaf mould (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900985. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 17 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Ghana: Kibi, 24.iii.1970, litter sample (D. Leston), 5 paratype workers Ivory Coast: Nzi Noua, N of Ndouci, 13.i.1977, degraded forest, rotten log (W.L. & D.E. Brown), 1 paratype worker Ivory Coast: 3.5 km S Sangrobo, S-P de Tiassalé, 14.i.1977, rainforest (W.L. & D.E. Brown), 9 paratype workers Angola: Duque de Bragança Falls, 12.iii.1972 (P.M. Hammond). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB, SAMC.