Tetramorium invictum Bolton

Type location Ivory Coast (Bolton, 1980: 300, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel, worker) .

Described from the holotype worker and 32 paratype workers, from Tai Forest, collected by T. Diomande, 19.vi.1975). Bolton (1980) also listed a finding from Téké Forest, Ivory Coast (T. Diomande).

Bolton's description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.1-3.3 mm; alitrunk short and broad, dorsal outline strongly arched. Petiole with anterior face vertical or nearly so, meeting the dorsum in a blunt right-angle. All dorsal surfaces with numerous short, stout standing hairs, mostly blunt apically. Colour very dark blackish-brown .

Bolton (1980) had two Ghana findings, at Kade (D. Leston) and Mt. Atewa (himself). Since described as widespread, 65 workers from 6 sites, in Ghana leaf litter by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

The photomontage is of the holotype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901200.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium amentete B Taylor det.

Liberia E Poirier Liabala PF 7

2.iv.2013 Nimba County 07°31’06" N 08°35’34" E

Pitfall trap Secondary forest 473 m asl

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The photomontage is of a worker from Liberia, Liabala;  collector E Poiriet (Yekepa PF 7).