Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Bolton, 1980: 227). Primary type locality: lectotype Guinea (“French Guinea”): Nimba Mts, (Forêt de) Nion, no. 22, 700 m., 15/4 (
M. Lamotte). Primary type depository:
MNHN (lectotype).
Type notes:
A second original syntype, Guinea: Mt Nimba, NE slope, ix.1946 (
A. Villiers), appears to be lost.