Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Ivory Coast: Lamto, (ca 50 km. S) Toumodi, 17.vi.1968 (J. Lévieux). Primary type depository: MNHN.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), paratype queens (number not stated), 1 paratype male (pharate). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype and also same data as holotype plus nests AA 285 N8, AA315 N1, AA318 N1, some dated 16.iv.1968. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, MNHN, NHMB, PSWC, UCDC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0260454, CASENT0900314, CASENT0902781.