Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Gabon: N’Gamie River (= Ngounié River), Samlia Falls (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: unknown (
Mayr, 1895 has “k. belgisches Museum”; perhaps
MRHN).
Type notes:
1) Original description did not specify a county of origin, citing only “Chûtes de Samlia, Riv. N’Gamie”. 2)
Wheeler, 1922: 914, later incorrectly nominated Sierra Leone as type locality. 3)
Madl, 2021: 102, has pointed out that the locality is in Gabon.