Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Heterick, 2006: 116). Primary type locality: lectotype Gabon: Samkita, 1914 (
F. Faure). Primary type depository:
NHMB. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0010878 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories:
MRAC,
MSNG,
NHMB. Secondary type specimens:
CASENT0010879,
CASENT0904589.
Type notes:
1) Specimens from Guinea (“Guinée française”): Mamou (
F. Silvestri), reported as 1 worker plus two detached heads by
Heterick, 2006: 116, were excluded from type material by
Santschi, 1915c: 261. 2) Other original syntypes are present in
MRAC (
Bolton, 1987: 388).