Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Burkina Faso (“Upper Volta”): Ouagadougou, 6.ix.1970 (P. Room). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902245.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.