Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov. (Krebs) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 955). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: South Africa: Cape Prov., Matjesfontein (no collector’s name), Cape Prov., Port Elizabeth (H. Brauns), Mozambique: Lobombo Borges (F. Wilms).