Type location Gabon (Glamyromyrmex africanus sp. n., Bolton, 1983: 322, illustrated full-face view, worker); from Makokou, berlese funnel sample, rain forest, x-xii.1972 (I. Lieberburg); holotype worker only - no type images on Antweb (February 2015) .
Bolton's description is at .
WORKER - TL 3.0 mm; distinguished by the flagellate hairs on the head and body; colour black, appendages pale.
The photomontage of a worker from Cameroun is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0280697.
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