Rhoptromyrmex critchleyi Bolton, 1976: 303, figs. 3, 12 (w.) NIGERIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Ibadan, I.I.T.A., no. 34G, 23-27.xi.1973 (B.R. Critchley). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901033. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 11-16.x.1973. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.