Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 2 syntype queens. Primary type localities: Somalia: Lower Ganana, 1892-93 (V. Bottego) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 977; no lectotype designated), Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Boran Galla, 1892-93 (V. Bottego), Ethiopia: Ganale, 1892-93 (V. Bottego), 1 queen Somalia: Obbia (L. Bricchetti-Robecchi). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0905429, CASENT0905430.