Tetramorium metactum Bolton, 1980: 280, figs. 54, 57 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: (no further data), on orchids intercepted at New York quarantine, 1.vi.1961 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0901193.