Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton, 1980: 318, fig. 99 (w.q.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 2.ix.1970, litter sample (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0280867. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but 25.xi.1970, log mould sample (B. Bolton). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB.