Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “a long series”). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Avakubi (Lang & Chapin). Primary type depositories: MCZC, NHMUK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903255.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925d: 52.