Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Bemanevika, Souspref. de Bealanana, 20.x.1975, forest humus and litter, AB 46 (A. Peyrieras). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.