Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Gambari Exp. Sta. (Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan), 10.vii.1969, rot hole in trunk of cocoa tree (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900596.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.