Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Eastern Region, New Tafo, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, 22.vii.1970, in mossy rot hole in trunk of cocoa tree (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900623.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.