Cerapachys centurio Brown
  Type locality Zaïre
(Brown, 1975: 62, illustrated, worker), worker only described (see
Bolton, 1995)  .
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Brown's description was -
TL 5.6-5.7 mm, HL 1.05-1.10, HW 0.81-0.84
A large, coarsely sculptured, reddish brown species, with the petiole
node slightly longer than broad. Head with transverse posterior margin,
straight behind, sides only gently convex; anterior face of clypeus
lacking a median tooth or carina. Antennae with 12 segments; funiculus
segments 2 to 9 broader than long, apical segment about 2/5 length of
funiculus and about 2.5 times as long as broad. Foveolae of sculpture
relatively small, numerous and crowded, especially on petiole and
postpetiole.
Brown's (1975) SEM photographs are at  .
Holotype and 2 paratype workers from 15 miles S of
Kamituga,
Zaïre, at 700 m, 17 August 1957, E S Ross & R E Leech); also 3
paratype workers from 29 km S of Walikale, at 700 m (Ross & Leech).
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The photomontage of the holotype is collated from the
California Academy of Sciences -