Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of
Rakotonirina et al., 2017: 223). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Toamasina province, Sainte Marie I. (
A. Voeltzkow) (invalid restriction of type locality by
Wheeler, 1922: 1051; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository:
NHMB. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0101122 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories:
MHNG,
NHMB. Secondary type specimens:
CASENT0101123,
CASENT0102452.
Type notes:
1) Original material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). 2) Other original syntype localities: Madagascar: Diego Suarez (
A. Grandidier), Mozambique: Gorongoza (
G. Vasse). 3) Other original type depository:
MNHN.