Tetramorium candidum Bolton

Type location Zaïre (Bolton, 1980: 345, illustrated, worker & male) .

Bolton's description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.1-3.3 mm .

The photomontage of the holotype from Zaïre is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=castype13387&project=

The photomontage is of a specimen from Tanzania, Igire Hill, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E, pkd collection from Heywoodia lucens, 10.i.1996, by G McGavin. Other images can be seen in the folder at - Apart from the more prominent small propodeal teeth, this seems a close match to the Bolton (1980) description of candidum; in life the colour is more true to the "light brown" given by Bolton, belying the colour in the Antweb images.