Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal, Pietermaritzburg (Weitzecker). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0904485.
Type notes:Emery, 1895i: 28, mentions a smaller variety from Cape Town (E. Simon); not considered here as syntypes.