Tetraponera hespera Ward, 2009a: 295, figs. 2-4, 6, 9-12, 24 (w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Antsiranana, Nosy Be, 4 km. ESE Andoany (= Hellville), 100 m., 13°25’S, 48°18’E, 2.v.1989, #10457 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0012865. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 100-200 m., #10456, 10457, 10459, 10463, 10465, 10470-1. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, PSWC, SAMC, UCDC.