Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Ivory Coast: Lamto, 200 km. NE Abidjan (B. Delage-Darchen). Primary type depository: unknown (not stated, perhaps in Delage-Darchen personal collection, whereabouts unknown).
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 any official type-series exists.