Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Ivory Coast: Lamto, 200 km. NE Abidjan (Delage-Darchen). Type-depository: unknown (not stated, perhaps in Delage-Darchen personal collection).
Type notes:
In xi.1983 Mme Delage-Darchen sent a series identified as Melissotarsus titubans (workers and a queen) to BMNH. It is not known if this was part of the type-series, nor is it certain that an official type-series exists.