Primary type information:
Primary type material: 5 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 3 workers Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Wa-Nyika, Samburu, 1904 (
Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel) (invalid restriction of type locality by
Wheeler, 1922: 759; no lectotype designated), 1 worker Kenya: Wa-Taita Dist., Mwataté, 1909 (
Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel), 1 worker Kenya: Wa-Kamba, Kibwezi, 1904 (
Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel). Primary type depository:
NHMB.
Type notes:
Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 127, cites 3 worker syntypes in
NHMB.