Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Forêt d’Ankazomivady, 29 km. SSW Ambositra, 1700 m., 20°46’36’’S, 47°9’54’’E, 8.i.1998, disturbed forest, nest 3 cm. below leaf litter covered soil surface found by digging, SAM#011226 (H.R. Robertson). Primary type depository: SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0003245.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.