Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974a: 38, figs. 16, 19 (w.q.m.) NIGERIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Gambari (= Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria), 30.viii.1969, under bark of cocoa tree (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900272. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 2 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 3 paratype males with same data as holotype; 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype male Democratic Republic of Congo (“Zaire”): 91 mi. W Popokabaka, 2.viii.1957 (E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.