Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 23.vii.1966, ant ecology sample 120 (D. Leston). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902465.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same locality as holotype but one with the number 806, one with date 19.vii.1966 and ant ecology sample 110. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, MCZC, SAMC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0102912, SAM-ENT-11552.