Temnothorax rufus Prebus, 2015: 49, figs. 2b, 2d, 4c, 12, 14, 15 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Kora Nat. Park, “Salvadora pitfall” no. 18, 1983 (N.M. Collins & M. Ritchie). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0712675. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: HLMD.