Xiphomyrmex severini Emery, 1895g: 343 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Diego Suarez (= Antsiranana), iv.-viii.1893 (Ch. Alluaud). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102078. Type notes: A specimen labelled as syntype (= ”cotype”) in MHNG is not part of the type series (Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c: 157).