Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Madagascar, 30 mi. NW of Tamatave, 25.ix.1889 (O’Swald). Primary type depositories: MHNG, ZMUH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101926.
Type notes:Shattuck, 1994: 165, cites 1 worker, 2 male syntypes.