Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“B. Congo”): S slope of Mt Kahuzi, 1900 m., 5.ix.1957, in nest of 
Serrastruma lujae Forel, 1902e (
E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Primary type depository: 
CASC. Primary type specimen: CASTYPE14102.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
BMNH, 
CASC, 
MCZC. Secondary type specimen: 
CASENT0900060.