Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niangara, 1.iii.1948 (AMNH Central Africa Expd.), just beneath soil surface under a thin cover of dead leaves (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: unknown (not in AMNH or MCZC, presumed lost (Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 23)).