Tetramorium barbigerum Bolton, 1980: 243, figs. 19, 20, 25 (w.) NAMIBIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Namibia (“South West Africa”): 10 mi. W Okombahe, 920 m., 10.v.1958 (E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASTYPE13386. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 37 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, NHMUK. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0270787 to CASENT0270792, CASENT0901181.