Primary type information:
Primary type material: 9 syntype workers. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal, 5500 ft (
G.D. Haviland). Primary type depositories:
MHNG,
NHMB. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0913040.
Type notes:
This taxon is based on
Myrmicaria nigra Mayr, 1862,
sensu Forel, 1910f: 446, misidentification.