Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 7.vi.1970, twig in leaf litter (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901147.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.