Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Mozambique: Pongué valley, Guengera, 1906 (G. Vasse) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 979). Primary type depositories: MNHN, NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0911822, CASENT0911823.
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, 1912 (G. Arnold).