Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Botswana: Smiti, no. 16, mopane woodland, 11.ix.1975 (A. Russell-Smith). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900403.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB, SAMC.