Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Angola: Malangé (M. Buchner) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 980). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MNHU. Primary type specimen: CASENT0910486.
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: Tanzania: Zanzibar (Hildebrandt).