Ocymyrmex alacer Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1290, fig. 9 (w.eq.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: N Cape Prov., Tosca, no. 1, 3.i.1986 (A.C. Marsh). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900398. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers, 4 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type locality: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 1, 9 paratype workers, 4 paratype ergatoid queens with same data as holotype but no. 2. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, SAMC.