Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980: 295, figs. 78, 86 (w.) NIGERIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Ibadan, I.I.T.A., 16-23.ix.1974 (B.R. Critchley). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901197. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 41 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 36 paratype workers Ivory Coast: Palmeraie de Lame, no. 8, 23.i.1976 (T. Diomande). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB.