Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: N Cape Prov., Pomfret, xii.1986, NC12A (A.C. Marsh). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900408.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 21 paratype workers, 2 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BBRC, BMNH, MCZC, SAMC.