Type location Zaïre (Calyptomyrmex rennefer sp. n., Bolton, 1981a: 72, illustrated, worker), collected at Kivu, Terr. Lubero, Riv. Lubero, by R.P.M.J. Celis, 10.vi.1954 Workers only known (Bolton, 1981a) .
Bolton's description is at . Also from Kivu, Kabare Nyakasiba, xii.1950, by N. Leleup
The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0900998
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