Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ivory Coast: Forêt de Taï, 19.vi.1975, no. 1 (T. Diomande). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901200.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 32 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB.