Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Prov. Toamasina, Parc Nat. de Masoala, 39.4 km. 150° SSE Maroantsetra, 15.71°S, 49.97°E, 200 m., 1.xii.2001, BLF04719 (
B.L. Fisher & H.J. Ratsirarson). Primary type depository: 
CASC. Primary type specimen: 
CASENT0418269.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype major and minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
BMNH, 
CASC, 
MBCC, 
MCZC.