Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton
  Type location Ghana
(Bolton, 1980: 242, not illustrated; worker), holotype worker, with 6
paratype workers and 3 other workers, from Legon; D. Leston,
24.ix.1970, ant ecology sample  .
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Bolton's description (1980) is at  .
Distribution records were given by Bolton (1980) as - Nigeria
from CRIN (himself), IITA (B.R. Critchley) and Ile Ife (J.T. Medler;
B. Lasebikan). From Ivory Coast, at Palmeraie de Lame (30
paratype workers, T. Diomande, 21.i.1976) and Banco Forest (W.L.
Brown); Liberia, at Gibi (W.M. Mann) and Gabon. Also
from Ghana at CRIG (B. Bolton, C.A. Collingwood and H.E. Box),
and Mt. Atewa (C.A. Collingwood) (Bolton, 1980). Since collected (33
workers) from leaf litter in the semi-deciduous forest zone (Mankrang
Forest Reserve and Old Tafo; Nankasi, cocoa) (Belshaw & Bolton,
1994b).
Note - On consideration of the original
description and fresh material, including the Antweb images of the angulinode holotype, I strongly suspect this is no more than a junior
synonym of the true type Tetramorium
angulinode
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The
photomontage of the holotype is collated from 
The
photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Brazzaville;
collector Y Braet (t-1-3)