Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Rwanda: Rangiro, ix.1976 (P. Werner). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 26 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, ENSA, MCZC, MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0900607.