Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton

Type location Ghana (Calyptomyrmex kaurus sp. n., Bolton, 1981a: 64, worker, not illustrated), found in leaf mould at CRIG (B. Bolton, 29.x.1970), also collected from primary forest leaf litter at Kibi (D. Leston, 24.iii.1970) (Bolton, 1981a) .

Bolton's description is at .

WORKER - TL 2.4 mm; differentiated by having the hair closest to the apex of the outer margin of the clypeus elongate, simple and fine; very small eyes; all dorsal surfaces, except the propodeum, with large, conspicuous scale-like hairs.

Later, a total of 18 workers was found at three forest sites (Southern Scarp Forest Reserve, Kade and Atewa Forest Reserve), by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

Elsewhere from Ivory Coast rain forest at Nzi Noua (5 workers) and Sangrobo (1 worker) (W.L. & D.E. Brown, i.1977); and from Angola (9 workers) (Bolton, 1981a).

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0900985

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0417157