Metapone madagascarica Gregg, 1958: 111, fig. 1 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: 15 km. E Tulear [-23.290429, 43.795850], 7.vi.1935, field no. T4403 (H. Kirby). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen (+ 3 queen pupae). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, USNM. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0172254 (recorded on AntWeb as owned by ANIC). Type notes: Original description says holotype in FMNH (Gregg collection), but Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 509, cite holotype in MCZC.